About this Research Topic
With the development of the social economy and the acceleration of urbanization, water and soil pollution problems are becoming serious, attracting increasing research attention. Soil and water contamination not only impair ecological functions but also threaten human health through the biological chain and direct exposure. Many powerful green technologies have been developed for effective soil and water pollution remediation and ecological restoration. In addition, based on pollutant removal mechanisms, researchers have developed targeted functional materials, such as specialized materials using advanced oxidation processes for persistent organic pollutant control. Furthermore, CO2 emission and its reduction during organics removal in soil and water have become a research hotspot. However, there is limited understanding of the circular and transformation mechanism during simultaneous organics removal and CO2 abatement processes.
There have been advanced approaches to environmental pollution remediation and the potential control processes of CO2 emission. However, it is difficult to derive definitive and uniform pollutant removal and CO2 abatement mechanisms in the soil and water spheres. For example, the pathways of carbon transport and transformation at the soil-atmosphere and water-atmosphere interfaces are still unclear. The design of novel environmental materials, the development of advanced oxidation processes, and the use of hybrid technologies including spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and molecular biology, are of great importance in deepening our understanding of the fate of carbon elements during pollutant removal and CO2 abatement. Based on current knowledge, it is of great significance to further optimize the existing pollutant removal and CO2 abatement pathways, develop next-generation carbon element control technologies, and construct methodology frameworks regarding sustainability assessment and life cycle evaluation of the newly developed technologies.
The Research Topic aims to report the latest findings on pollutant removal and CO2 abatement in the soil and water spheres, and to identify new pathways for the transport and transformation of carbon elements. Review, Perspective, and Original Research articles are welcomed and specific fields of interest include:
• The innovation in bioremediation and phytoremediation of soil pollution and water ecological restoration;
• The development and application of advanced materials for soil remediation and water ecological restoration;
• The soil biogeochemical characteristics and their effects on the bioavailability of contaminants, and the soil-plant-microbe interactions from the perspective of soil remediation;
• The new sustainable solutions that exploit the simultaneous use of biological and chemical methods to enhance remediation success and reduce risk;
• Risk assessment methods for soil contamination;
• The advanced treatment and sustainable utilization of sewage water;
• Carbon abatement technology and carbon footprint;
• CO2 conversion and utilization;
• Relevant mathematical models for the above topics.
There have been advanced approaches to environmental pollution remediation and the potential control processes of CO2 emission. However, it is difficult to derive definitive and uniform pollutant removal and CO2 abatement mechanisms in the soil and water spheres. For example, the pathways of carbon transport and transformation at the soil-atmosphere and water-atmosphere interfaces are still unclear. The design of novel environmental materials, the development of advanced oxidation processes, and the use of hybrid technologies including spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and molecular biology, are of great importance in deepening our understanding of the fate of carbon elements during pollutant removal and CO2 abatement. Based on current knowledge, it is of great significance to further optimize the existing pollutant removal and CO2 abatement pathways, develop next-generation carbon element control technologies, and construct methodology frameworks regarding sustainability assessment and life cycle evaluation of the newly developed technologies.
The Research Topic aims to report the latest findings on pollutant removal and CO2 abatement in the soil and water spheres, and to identify new pathways for the transport and transformation of carbon elements. Review, Perspective, and Original Research articles are welcomed and specific fields of interest include:
• The innovation in bioremediation and phytoremediation of soil pollution and water ecological restoration;
• The development and application of advanced materials for soil remediation and water ecological restoration;
• The soil biogeochemical characteristics and their effects on the bioavailability of contaminants, and the soil-plant-microbe interactions from the perspective of soil remediation;
• The new sustainable solutions that exploit the simultaneous use of biological and chemical methods to enhance remediation success and reduce risk;
• Risk assessment methods for soil contamination;
• The advanced treatment and sustainable utilization of sewage water;
• Carbon abatement technology and carbon footprint;
• CO2 conversion and utilization;
• Relevant mathematical models for the above topics.
Keywords: Sustainable soil remediation, Soil contamination risk assessment, Water ecological restoration, Environmental materials, Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Advanced oxidation process (AOP), Carbon abatement, Carbon footprint, Persistent organic pollutants
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