With the enhancement of environmental protection awareness, research on the bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon environmental pollution has intensified. Bioremediation has received more attention due to its high efficiency, environmentally friendly by-products, and low cost compared with the...

Micro- and nano-plastics (MPs < 5 mm; NPs < 100 nm) are emerging contaminants. Much of the recent concerns have focused on the investigation of their pollution and their potential eco-toxicity. Yet little review was available on the decontamination of MPs/NPs. Recently, the uptake of MPs/NPs by plants has been confirmed. Here, in view of the current knowledge, this review introduces MPs/NPs pollution and highlights...

Air pollution was indicated to be a key factor contributing to the aggressive spread of influenza viruses, whereas uncertainty still exists regarding to whether distinctions exist between influenza subtypes. Our study quantified the impact of five air pollutants on influenza subtype outbreaks in...

Water pollution is a serious global environmental problem as many pollutants are highly carcinogenic to humans (e.g., arsenic) and cause disruption in the ecosystem (e.g., phosphorus for eutrophication). Therefore, development and application of cost-effective technologies are of great importance...

Air pollution has become a major hurdle to tourists' experiences in many destinations. This study uses a large sample of TripAdvisor reviews for Chinese attractions and applies a five-way fixed-effects model to estimate the impact of air pollution on attraction ratings. Results show that an...

Air pollution has become a global public health risk factor as rapid urbanization advances. To observe the air pollution situation, air monitoring stations have been established in many cities, which record six air pollutants. Previous studies have identified cities exhibiting similar air pollution ...

Effective separation and remediation of environmentally hazardous pollutants are burning areas of research because of a constant increase in environmental pollution problems. An extensive number of emerging contaminants in the environmental matrices result in serious health consequences in...

Although the water area is one of the six types of biologically productive land in the ecological footprint model, it is only described on its biological production not including its aquatic production function. An improved ecological footprint model was proposed to assess regional aquatic...

Transition metal and nanocarbon-based composites with high activity and stability draw great attention in electro-Fenton system for organic pollutants removal. In this study, HKUST-1-derived Cu@C nanoparticles embedded within three-dimensional reduced graphene oxide (rGO) network (denoted as...

Microplastics are ubiquitous pollutants found in environments. Mangrove sediments containing vegetal litter are different from other environmental matrices such as river and marine sediments. The presence of vegetal litter leads to an under-estimation of microplastic pollution, particularly...