Most worldwide policy frameworks, including the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals, highlight soil as a key non-renewable natural resource which should be rigorously …

Both sectors of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portuguese and Spanish, have been exploited since
ancient times, but more intensively during and after the second half of the 19th century …

Tailings are the waste materials generated from mining activities and are typically stored in
large man-made earthen dams in the form of slurry. Failures of such tailings dams can have …

Mine tailings, generated from the extraction, processing, and utilization of mineral resources,
have resulted in serious acid mine drainage (AMD) pollution. Recently, scholars are paying …

For the first time, a field survey was conducted to investigate the present situation, vertical
distribution and ecological risks of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Mn, Cr, Pb and As) from 21 in-situ …

Studies regarding how environmental risk evolves in abandoned mining areas in the
medium term have been seldom carried out. The answer to this question is not obvious …

Soil biodiversity loss due to pollution may affect ecosystem services negatively. This
environmental problem may be solved by phytoremediation, which is an effective strategy to …

Population loss in rural areas is rapidly increasing in high‐income countries, raising
concerns and debate, given its socio‐economic consequences. Despite the evident …

In this study, samples of bromeliad Tillandsia usneoides (n= 70) were transplanted and
exposed for 15 and 45 days in 35 outdoor residential areas in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais …

Abstract In Southern Europe, soil contamination by heavy metals (HM) due to mining and
industrial activities is a long-known problem. Yet, despite soils being widely contaminated …