Brazil contains the largest volume of freshwater of any nation in the world; however, this
essential natural resource is threatened by rapid increases in water consumption and water …

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

Estuarine pollution imposes rapid, increasing and lasting environmental modifications. In the
present review, especial attention is given to estuaries in South America (SA), where …

Manganese (Mn) is an abundant element in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems and an
essential micronutrient in the metabolic processes of plants and animals. Mn is generally not …

In November 2015, the largest socio-environmental disaster in the history of Brazil occurred
when approximately 50 million m 3 of mine tailings were released into the Doce River (SE …

Environmental impacts caused by mine dam ruptures or inappropriate tailing depositions
represent a global concern. An ecological risk assessment was performed in 18 areas …

The number of tailings dam failures has doubled in the past 20 years. Advances in mining
technology have made it possible to exploit lower grade deposits despite decreasing …

In the context of the Doce river (Southeast Brazil) Fundão dam disaster in 2015, we
monitored the changes in concentrations of metal (loid) s in water and sediment and their …

The collapse of the Fundão Dam, in Southeastern Brazil, caused about 50 million m³ of iron
ore tailings to sluice down the mountain to Rio Doce, in what is considered the greatest …

Mining has been described as an important source of contaminants to the coastal zone
worldwide, which is greatly intensified in the case of tailing dam ruptures. This study …