High concentrations of mercury represent a big risk to the environment due to the high toxicity of this metal. One of anthropic sources of up-ground environmental mercury contamination is mining industry. ...

The success of phytoremediation (especially phytoextraction) and phytomining depends heavily on the bioavailability of target elements, which, among others, is a function of soil mineral phases, soil organic ...

Coal producers create special natural and man-made systems, which spread over large areas and affect all components of the biosphere: living and non living, biogenic and abiogenic matters. An important aspect of ...