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Environments, Volume 7, Issue 7

2020 July - 4 articles

Cover Story: Sorbent materials are considered a first line of defense method for decontaminating oil spills and preventing further contaminant spread through the environment. In this study, oil spills on different land surfaces were recreated using microcosm simulations. Sustainable-origin sorbents made from dog fur and human hair were equally effective as polypropylene in extracting crude oil from hard terrestrial surfaces. In sandy terrestrial environments, polypropylene sorbent was the best-performing sorbent for extracting spilled crude oil. View this paper

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15 Citations

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Short- and Long-Term Biochar Cadmium and Lead Immobilization Mechanisms

Liqiang Cui,
Lianqing Li,
Rongjun Bian,
Jinlong Yan,
Guixiang Quan,
Yuming Liu,
James A. Ippolito and
Hui Wang

Environments2020, 7(7), 53;https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7070053

16 July 2020

The mechanisms of soil Cd and Pb alterations and distribution following biochar (BC; 0 to 40 t ha−1) amendments applied (in either 2009 [long-term] or in 2016 [short-term]) to a contaminated rice paddy soil, and subsequent plant Cd and Pb tissu...

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Decontaminating Terrestrial Oil Spills: A Comparative Assessment of Dog Fur, Human Hair, Peat Moss and Polypropylene Sorbents

Megan L. Murray,
Soeren M. Poulsen and
Brad R. Murray

Environments2020, 7(7), 52;https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7070052

8 July 2020

Terrestrial oil spills have severe and continuing consequences for human communities and the natural environment. Sorbent materials are considered to be a first line of defense method for directly extracting oil from spills and preventing further con...

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Comparative Analysis on Urban Flood Countermeasures Based on Life Cycle Thinking: A Comparison between Enhancing of Drainage Capacity Project and Sponge City

Xuezhou Fan and
Toru Matsumoto

Environments2020, 7(7), 51;https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7070051

7 July 2020

The recent increase in rainstorm waterlogging disasters has acutely threatened sustainable urban development in China. Traditional strategy to solve this problem is drainage capacity enhancing projects, which aims at enlarging the discharge of water....

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