Advances in Remediation of Contaminated Sites: 3rd Edition

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 339

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School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Interests: pollution control; soil remediation; e-waste; mining area; heavy metals; persistent organic pollutants; polybrominated diphenyl ethers
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College of Resources and Environment, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
Interests: soil remediation; water pollution; biochar; nZVI; heavy metals; organic compounds; microorganism; Fenton; advanced oxidation
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College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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Dear Colleagues,

With the development of the social economy, the population has increased sharply, and the land area used for production and in people’s lives has also gradually increased. To meet the production and development needs of society, land resources have simultaneously been damaged and polluted due to human activity. Indeed, most site contaminations result from past and present human activities. Given that land resources are non-renewable, the development of efficient land restoration and improvement approaches is an important aspect of achieving the sustainable development of human society.

The remediation of contaminated sites has been one of the most rapidly developing environmental research subjects. The process of remediation is a site-specific phased approach comprising site characterization, risk assessment, and the selection and application of remediation technology. Site remediation technology has developed rapidly in recent years, and has brought hope for environmental remediation. However, it has also encountered bottlenecks, and new breakthroughs are urgently required.

With the success of Volumes I (see details in website: www.mdpi.com/si/92730) and II  (see details on the website: www.mdpi.com/si/146340) of the Special Issue “Advances in Remediation of Contaminated Sites”, we have decided to continue organizing the Special Issue on this subject and launch a third volume, “Advances in Remediation of Contaminated Sites: 3rd Edition”. Here, we aim to gather the latest advancements in the remediation of contaminated sites to help overcome bottlenecks in the development of site remediation technology. We invite researchers to contribute original research papers, review articles, and communications on related subjects to this Special Issue. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Survey and assessment of contaminated sites;
  • Environmental processes and effects of pollutants;
  • Remediation technology and its application in contaminated sites;
  • Remediation strategy and management in contaminated sites.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Guining Lu
Prof. Dr. Zenghui Diao
Prof. Dr. Yaoyu Zhou
Dr. Kaibo Huang
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Keywords

  • site contamination
  • survey and assessment
  • remediation technology
  • remediation strategy
  • site management
  • heavy metals
  • organic pollutants
  • emerging contaminants
  • soils and groundwater
  • water and sediments
  • environmental processes
  • environmental behaviors
  • environmental effects
  • environmental engineering

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Investigation of the Plant-Growth-Promoting Potential of Plant Endophytic Keystone Taxa in Desertification Environments
by Tianle Kong, Baoqin Li, Xiaoxu Sun, Weimin Sun, Huaqing Liu, Ying Huang, Yize Wang and Pin Gao
Processes 2025, 13(4), 1199; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13041199 - 16 Apr 2025
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The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is under serious desertification stress, which has been receiving increasing attention. Although the restoration of surface vegetation is crucial, the growth of plants is often hindered by unfavorable nutrient-deficient conditions. The plant-associated endophytic microbiome is considered the secondary genome [...] Read more.
The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is under serious desertification stress, which has been receiving increasing attention. Although the restoration of surface vegetation is crucial, the growth of plants is often hindered by unfavorable nutrient-deficient conditions. The plant-associated endophytic microbiome is considered the secondary genome of the host and plays a significant role in host survival under environmental stresses. However, the community compositions and functions of plant-endophytic microorganisms in the QTP desertification environments remain unclear. Therefore, this study investigated the endophytic microbiome of the pioneer plant Gueldenstaedtia verna on the QTP and its contribution to host growth under stressful conditions. The results showed that nutrient-deficient stresses strongly influenced the microbial community structures in the rhizosphere. The impacts of these stresses, however, decreased from the rhizosphere community to the plant endophytes, resulting in consistent plant endophytic microbial communities across different sites. Members of Halomonas were recognized as keystone taxa in the endophytic microbiome of G. verna. Correlation analysis, metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), and comparative genome analyses have shown that the keystone taxa of the plant endophytic microbiome may promote plant growth through pathways such as nitrogen fixation, IAA, and antioxidant production, which are important for improving plant nutrient acquisition and tolerance. This finding may provide a crucial theoretical foundation for future phytoremediation efforts in desertification environments on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Full article
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