Soil salinity under climate change: Challenges for sustainable agriculture and food security

R Mukhopadhyay, B Sarkar, HS Jat, PC Sharma… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil salinity is one of the major and widespread challenges in the recent era that hinders
global food security and environmental sustainability. Worsening the situation, the harmful …

Influences of feedstock sources and pyrolysis temperature on the properties of biochar and functionality as adsorbents: A meta-analysis

M Hassan, Y Liu, R Naidu, SJ Parikh, J Du, F Qi… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is a porous, amorphous, stable, and low-density carbon material derived from the
carbonization of various biological residues. Biochars have multifunctional properties that …

Cadmium phytotoxicity, tolerance, and advanced remediation approaches in agricultural soils; a comprehensive review

U Zulfiqar, W Jiang, W Xiukang, S Hussain… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cadmium (Cd) is a major environmental contaminant due to its widespread industrial use.
Cd contamination of soil and water is rather classical but has emerged as a recent problem …

The utilization of algae and seaweed biomass for bioremediation of heavy metal-contaminated wastewater

H Znad, MR Awual, S Martini - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The presence of heavy metals in water bodies is linked to the increasing number of
industries and populations. This has serious consequences for the quality of human health …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar and bacteria inoculated biochar enhanced Cd and Cu immobilization and enzymatic activity in a polluted soil

C Tu, J Wei, F Guan, Y Liu, Y Sun, Y Luo - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of biochar in the remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil has received
increasing global attention during the past decade. Although there has been some review …

Wood-based biochar for the removal of potentially toxic elements in water and wastewater: a critical review

SM Shaheen, NK Niazi, NEE Hassan… - International …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Recently, biochar has received significant attention, especially for the removal of potentially
toxic elements (PTEs) from water and wastewater. No review has been focused on the …

Migration of heavy metals in the soil-grape system and potential health risk assessment

L Yang, Q Ren, K Zheng, Z Jiao, X Ruan… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The accumulation of heavy metals in soil may introduce them to the food chain and cause
health risks for humans. In the present study, 43 pairs of soil and grape samples (leaf and …

Chemical and biological immobilization mechanisms of potentially toxic elements in biochar-amended soils

T Bandara, A Franks, J Xu, N Bolan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The application of biochars for the remediation of water and soils contaminated with
potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has seen a recent growing interest. The mechanisms of …

Biochar affects the dissolved and colloidal concentrations of Cd, Cu, Ni, and Zn and their phytoavailability and potential mobility in a mining soil under dynamic redox …

A El-Naggar, SM Shaheen, YS Ok… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
There is a lack of knowledge on the effects of biochar (BC) on the release dynamics of
potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in different phases of soil under systematic change of …

[HTML][HTML] Highly effective stabilization of Cd and Cu in two different soils and improvement of soil properties by multiple-modified biochar

Y Wang, K Zheng, W Zhan, L Huang, Y Liu, T Li… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination in soil has attracted great attention worldwide. In situ
stabilization has been considered an effective way to remediate soils contaminated by …