Heavy metals are released into the environment by both anthropogenic and natural sources.
Highly reactive and often toxic at low concentrations, they may enter soils and groundwater …

The present review discusses the impact of heavy metals on the growth of plants at different
concentrations, paying particular attention to the hormesis effect. Within the past decade …

The biological effects of environmental metal contamination are important issues in an
industrialized, resource-dependent world. Different metals have different roles in biology …

The current decline of invertebrates worldwide is alarming. Several potential causes have
been proposed but metal pollutants, while being widespread in the air, soils and water, have …

Highlights•Global change includes multiple overlapping and interacting drivers.•These
drivers can have complex and counterintuitive effects on insects.•Global change reorganizes …

The fields of behavioral ecology, conservation science, and environmental toxicology
individually aim to protect and manage the conservation of wildlife in response to …

The concept of plant defense using toxic mineral elements originated as an explanation for
extremely elevated concentrations of some elements (termed hyperaccumulation) in some …

Abstract Effects of increased N deposition, caused by agricultural practices and combustion
of fossil fuels in traffic and industry, have been studied in detail for soil and water chemistry …

Heavy metal pollution in the environment is mostly manifested as a multi-elemental
compound pollution. The effect of the long-term exposure to heavy metal pollution on the gut …

Simple Summary Human population growth contributes to a negative impact on the
environment. In order to protect and restore nature, finding solutions and technologies in the …