Climate change and environmental pollution are unequivocally real and poses an
instantaneous, direct, grievous and inescapable existential menace to all terrestrial and …

Nigeria receives copious annual precipitation to nourish its forests and agriculture, it has an
extensive river drainage system, and it possesses valuable mineral deposits that stimulate …

Carbon dots (CDs) are the emerging class of carbon-based nanomaterials with immense
applications in various fields. In this work, CDs were synthesized using a simple microwave …

Cigarettes are the most littered item in public spaces. Smokers who litter are leaving a trace
of toxic waste that adds to the global plastic pollution due to harmful chemicals and …

Petroleum exploration and production activities pose great threat worldwide in the marine
environment with numerous occurrences of spills every year. Ubeji Creek in Nigeria suffers …

Toxicity studies in the aquatic ecosystem have shown that petrol and its product have
adverse effects on aquatic biota. They are able to easily absorb these toxic substances into …

Although plenty of carbon dots have been synthesized by many kinds of synthesis methods,
their potential in metal sensing applications is still limited. Herein, the application of carbon …

The widespread application of the hydrocarbons benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and
xylene (BTEX) has led to their consideration as major aquatic environmental pollutants, and …

The soil, comprising minerals, organic matter, and living organisms, serves as a critical
component of our environment. However, anthropogenic activities, such as uncontrolled …

Potential toxic heavy metals are omnipresent in soil. Risk-based environmental
management of soil refers to looking for the sources and exposure routes of heavy metals in …