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. ...

Pakistan is an agricultural country. The increased population leads to increasing demand for food. Unfortunately, crops are infected by different microbes and nutrient deficiency of soil adversely affects ...

The study of the disturbed natural complexes evolution processes is important for the development of the most effective and rational methods of reclamation. The restoration of vegetation is one ...

Soil is an active acceptor for some elements, heavy metals in particular. Microelements are firmly sorbed and interact with soil humus layer. At the same time some plants are resistant to soil contamination and can be ...

The main goal of the experiment was to leach minerals using microbes. To accomplish this goal, the course dealt with the acquisition of adequate bacteria, by taking water samples in the underground mine ...

The most appropriate for mineland reclamation is to search the bioenergy species, able to grow on marginal lands and give stable yields. Some species of the poplar (Populus L.) and willow (Salix L.) can be attributed ...

The ecological importance of soil bacteria is not limited to their number or biomass, although these parameters contribute greatly. Indeed, their main asset lies in their great genetic and functional ...

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 ...

The tailing ponds of the iron ore-dressing combines occupy thousands of hectares in Kryvyi Rih area and create a serious ecologic problem in this region. If the surface of the tailing ponds dries up, it leads to dust ...

The results have practical significance and can be the basis for developing a unified biotechnological method of technogenic waste processing with a purpose of their sterilization and detoxification with ...