The recent literature describing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air, water, soil
and sediment, waste sludge, biomonitoring, toxicity, are reviewed. Aspects of sampling …

Rapid urbanization and industrial growth have caused massive increase in the number and
the production capacities of oil industries. Such industries release a wide-range of ambient …

The importance of vanadium (V) in the functioning of land systems is extremely diverse, as
this element may exert both positive and harmful effects on terrestrial organisms. It recently …

Worldwide industrialization has grown at a rapid pace, contaminating water resources,
particularly with phenolic pollutants that pose a risk to aquatic systems and human health …

Gasification technology can convert high-sulfur petroleum coke (petcoke) to high-value
syngas (CO+ H 2) for hydrogen generation and chemical products via synthesis routes …

The aromatic fractions of snow, lake sediment, and air samples collected during 2011–2014
in the Athabasca oil sands region were analyzed using two-dimensional gas …

Petroleum coke, a non-environmentally friendly energy source, is gradually replacing other
power fuels in China's industrial enterprises because of its price advantage. Petroleum coke …

The global production of residual feedstock has reached 150 million metric tons per annum
and is expected to increase in the future due to the progressively increasing heavier nature …

Atmospheric pollutants are deposited onto the landscape as either wet or dry deposition.
However, traditional monitoring methods can be expensive; moss biomonitoring offers an …

The escalating demand for energy requires highly efficient energy storage devices and
advanced materials. Low-cost carbon resources and their derivatives have always been a …