This is an article collection published in Ecological Processes.
Guest Editors
Prof. Dr. Jun Yan, Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
Interests: Degradation of xenobiotic pollutants in aquatic environments; Bioremediation of halogenated compounds in subsurface environments; Microbial anaerobic processes; Microbial ecology and organohalide respiration.
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6883-8529
Email: junyan@iae.ac.cn
Prof. Dr. Zhi-Guo Yu, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
Interests: Cycling and transformations of pollutants in wetlands and lake; the interaction of physical, chemical and biological processes under changing climate; effects of environmental change on freshwater ecosystems on different spatial and temporal scales.
Website: https://hugoyu.mysxl.cn/
Email: zhiguo.yu@nuist.edu.cn
Dr. Gao Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, US
Interests: Biodegradation of contaminants; Microbial Ecology; Bioremediation; Petroleum (hydrocarbon) microbiology; Geomicrobiology of Fe, Mn, C, N, and S cycling; Ecophysiology of anaerobic microorganisms.
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8767-3130
Email: gchen16@utk.edu
About the Collection
The growing population, rapid urbanization, and expansive industrial development contribute significantly to the generation of substantial quantities of pollutants. These pollutants encompass a wide range of substances, including heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, and various emerging contaminants. These harmful substances transport and transform in soil-water-plant-animal continuum in a dangerous and detrimental manner, posing a significant threat to the ecosystems and human. Identifying and assessing health risks from pollutants is the premise and necessary conditions of effectively addressing environmental pollution. In the current advocated low-carbon, green production and lifestyle, ecological remediation is considered as one of the viable, smart options. Guided by ecological principles, bioremediation is the core technology used in ecological remediation. Through the optimized combination of bioremediation with physical remediation, chemical remediation and engineering techniques, ecological remediation can achieve the most efficient and cost-effective comprehensive restoration of the polluted environment. This special issue presents the latest research progress of assessing ecosystem and human health and risks posed by various pollutants, particularly from technological advancement perspective for remediating polluted environment. It features original research papers, reviews, and short communications with topics covering recycling, environmental behaviors and risk controls of emerging pollutants, applications of big data and machine learning, and emerging ecological remediation materials and techniques.
Keywords: Environmental pollutants; pollution-ecological process; Ecological health risk; ecological remediation technology
Submission deadline: 30 June 2024
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