Purpose This review focuses on what are referred to as “anthropogenic soils”(AS). It
investigates and clarifies their descriptions, definitions, and classifications in terms of the …

The concentration of heavy metals and soil properties in fifty urban garden soils of Szeged
(SE Hungary) were determined to evaluate the cumulative impacts of urbanization and …

The Antarctic is the most isolated region in the world; nevertheless, it has not avoided the
negative impact of human activity, including the inflow of toxic mercury (Hg). Hg deposited in …

The present study was carried out during the years 2017–2018 and assessed the impact of
anthropogenic activities on the physico-chemical characteristics of soil in the Kashmir …

Coastal areas of Antarctica are subjected to anthropic contamination from around the world
by trace metals biotransported and accumulated by seabird excrements. To explore this …

This review article considers the following aspects: naturally distributed chemical elements
and their enrichments, and the increased occurrence of PTEs due to anthropogenic and …

Total mercury (Hg) concentration and several other geochemical parameters were
determined for five sediment profiles from the Antarctic Ross Sea region. Our data exhibit …

The presence of metals in Antarctica is becoming an issue that needs to be more
investigated as human presence is increasing in the region, especially in the Antarctic …

The investigation conducted was dialed to quantitative and qualitative evaluation of 15
priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Potentially Toxic Elements (Cu, Pb, Zn …

The aim of this work is to increase the information on trace metals in seabirds and coastal
soils in the Antarctica. Concentrations (mg kg− 1 dry weight) of Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Mn, Zn and Pb …