Today we would venture to say that the global changes of the twenty-first century evoke the need for alternative, environmentally friendly energy sources. From ancient times people used the energy of the sun, water and ...

The issue of land recultivation after the development of mineral deposits is topical. Technozems (technogenically transformed land) formed in the process of recultivation are significantly different ...

Industrial hydrometallurgical processes using copper oxides and mixed oxide/sulfide exhibit high concentrations of several ions in their raffinates that hinder the treatment of copper ores with microorganisms because ...

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 mining has a very negative impact on the environment and it requires monitoring studies to assess the degree of environmental pollution.

A main problem of many countries is the search of promising energy sources. Biomass (wood, straw, plant residues of agricultural production, manure, etc.) is considered one of the key renewable energy resources ...

The work aimed to assess the impact of Baza S uranium ore storage site and Sukhachevskoye uranium mill tailing impoundment on physiological parameters of test plants.

Donetsk Region belongs to the zone of the most Ukrainian critical ones in provision with water and the quality of water. The main reason of the water quality deterioration is anthropogenic pollution due to untreated ...

The environmental characteristics of vegetation which is formed on various types of remediated soils were investigated. It is shown that the technozems vegetation represented by 91 species of vascular plants. ...

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 ...