Environmental impacts of oil spills and their remediation by magnetic nanomaterials

H Singh, N Bhardwaj, SK Arya, M Khatri - … nanotechnology, monitoring & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Marine oil spills are one of the major sources of water pollution causing huge environmental
damage and economic destruction. They disturbs the ecological framework of the oceans …

[HTML][HTML] Warning on nine pollutants and their effects on avian communities

FJ Richard, M Gigauri, G Bellini, O Rojas… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic pollution is increasingly pervasive throughout all ecosystems worldwide. In
recent years, negative consequences on many taxa, such as birds, have been observed. We …

Recent advances of biosurfactant for waste and pollution bioremediation: Substitutions of petroleum-based surfactants

YJ Ng, HR Lim, KS Khoo, KW Chew, DJC Chan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biosurfactant is one of the emerging compounds in the industrial sector that behaves
similarly with their synthetic counterparts, as they can reduce surface and interfacial tension …

Effects of petroleum exposure on birds: A review

MD King, JE Elliott, TD Williams - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Birds are vulnerable to petroleum pollution, and exposure has a range of negative effects
resulting from plumage fouling, systemic toxicity, and embryotoxicity. Recent research has …

[HTML][HTML] Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the Canadian environment: Exposure and effects on wildlife

SJ Wallace, SR De Solla, JA Head, PV Hodson… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) are ubiquitous in the environment. Wildlife
(including fish) are chronically exposed to PACs through air, water, sediment, soil, and/or …

Superhydrophobic self-cleaning composite of a metal–organic framework with polypropylene fabric for efficient removal of oils from oil–water mixtures and emulsions

C Gogoi, A Rana, S Ghosh, R Fopase… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here, we report a metal–organic framework (MOF)[Hf6O4 (OH) 4 (TFNDC) 6]· 6H2O· 2DMF
[SHMOF, where TFNDC= 1-(2, 2, 2-trifluoroacetamido) naphthalene-3, 7-dicarboxylate] …

Implementing contaminated land remediation in Nigeria: insights from the Ogoni remediation project

K Sam, N Zabbey, AP Onyena - Land use policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination by hydrocarbons has negative effects on human health and
other receptors including air, water and land resources. Following a United Nations …

Nitrogen dependence of rhamnolipid mediated degradation of petroleum crude oil by indigenous Pseudomonas sp. WD23 in seawater

LC Goveas, R Selvaraj, R Vinayagam, AA Alsaiari… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Effect of oil spills on living forms demands for safe, ecofriendly and cost-effective
methods to repair the damage. Pseudomonads have exceptional tolerance to xenobiotics …

Blue TiO2 with tunable oxygen-vacancy defects for enhanced photocatalytic diesel oil degradation

YJ Lee, LK Putri, BJ Ng, LL Tan, TY Wu, SP Chai - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The proliferation of marine petroleum exploitation has culminated in the undesired release
of oils into the aquatic ecosystem, causing detrimental environmental effects. Photocatalysis …

Microbiologically influenced corrosion: a concern for oil and gas sector in Africa

IIN Etim, DI Njoku, PC Uzoma, SK Kolawole… - Chemistry Africa, 2023 - Springer
Corrosion and corrosion-related studies in energy production facilities and installations are
underreported in Africa, and the existence of microbiologically-influenced corrosion (MIC) is …