Soil protection is key for human security and survival. Not only because it is the basis of our agricultural food system but also because it is the world’s second-largest carbon sink after the oceans. With the growing climate crisis, the significance of soil protection cannot be overvalued....

Archaeological soils (AS) are found in areas where humans have impacted soils both spatially and temporally through technical, domestic, agricultural, or burial activities. Accordingly, the capacity of soil to preserve cultural heritage was widely recognized as one of the main functions that...

In this study, we performed both laboratory and field studies to analyze the behavior of the pesticides chlorantraniliprole (CAP) and difenoconazole (DIF) by the presence of tank adjuvant in soil. In the laboratory, DIF exhibited a significantly higher Freundlich maximum adsorption capacity than...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous persistent organic pollutants in soil, which have carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic hazards. The effects of RL, nZVI and AQDS on the degradation of PAHs in soil were studied. It was found that the treatment of 5 mg · kg-1RL + 1% nZVI...