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The concept of synergistic water resources, water environment, water ecology remediation, and restoration (3WRR) is essential for addressing the interlinked challenges of water scarcity, pollution, and ecological degradation. An intelligent platform...

Degradation of lake ecosystem is a common problem existing in many countries. Remediation of degraded lake is urgently needed in order to maintain water safety and lake ecosystem health. Restoration of submerged macrophyte is considered as an importa...

Due to the recent excessive pursuit of rapid economic development in China, the cultural heritage resources have been gradually destroyed. This paper proposes cultural recovery and ecological remediation patterns, and adopts virtual reality (VR) tech...

The ecological restoration of submerged plants is one of the most widely used technologies in the remediation of eutrophic water bodies. This technology mainly removes nitrogen, phosphorus, and other nutrients in water through the absorption effects...

Subtropical rivers support a highly diverse array of benthic macroinvertebrates. In this study, by combining historical data and new data, we identified specific changes in the Guanlan River, in South China, from 1981 to 2011, and evaluated the effec...

The paper presents a method of assessment of the ecological state of lakes. It is based on methodology proposed by the Polish Limnological Society. According to this methodology, a set of indicators may be determined and may serve as a basis to make...

Harmful algal blooms (HABs), eutrophication, and internal pollutant sources from sediment, represent serious problems for public health, water quality, and ecological restoration worldwide. Previous studies have indicated that Modified Local Soil (ML...

The use of phytoremediation technology to remove heavy metal ions from aquatic environments or reduce their toxicity offers the possibility of restoring the ecological environment of polluted water bodies. Based on available literature on heavy metal...

In the “Blue Bay Remediation Action” project, the oyster reef plays the dual role of ecological restoration and wave suppression, and the study of the effect of oyster reef wave dissipation forms the basis of relevant projects. Taking the...

Dredging, adsorbent inactivation, and phytoremediation are commonly used to control internal nitrogen and phosphorus sediment loads in eutrophic still-water ecosystems, such as lakes and ponds. However, the effectiveness of these remediation techniqu...

Helan Mountain is an important ecological safety barrier in northwest China. In this study, a heterogeneous site polluted by aniline on Helan Mountain was the research object, and the TMVOC (A Simulator For Multiple Volatile Organic Chemicals) model...

This study focuses on the Lujiang Alum Mine, analyzing sources of acid mine drainage (AMD) generated during remediation activities. A numerical model of groundwater flow was constructed to simulate and predict the causes of AMD under the influence of...

Black-odorous water pollution presents a serious threat to aquatic ecosystems and severely hinders the sustainable development of the ecological environment, as conventional remediation technologies often fall short in achieving the simultaneous remo...

This study aims to select the most suitable submerged plants for the remediation and ecological rehabilitation of nutrient-enriched aquatic environments. The experiment selected Vallisneria natans, Myriophyllum verticillatum, and Elodea nuttallii as...

Ecological restoration in arid coal-mining regions faces extreme challenges due to soil infertility, salinization, and water scarcity. This study addresses these limitations in the Santanghu Shitoumei No. 1 open-pit mine (Xinjiang), where gypsum gray...

To remedy ecological damage and soil contamination in mining brownfields, this research focuses on the Gumi Mountain mining area in Wuhan. It proposes restoration strategies based on Nature-based Solutions (NbSs). Besides terrain restoration and soil...

The tableland-gully region is one of the main topographic-ecological units in the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP), and the soil in this region suffers from serious water erosion. In recent years, much work has been conducted to control soil erosion in th...

Restoration depends on purpose and context. At the core it entails innovation to halt ongoing and reverse past degradation. It aims for increased functionality, not necessarily recovering past system states. Location-specific interventions in social-...

Under global environmental change, the health of rivers and lakes on the “Asian Water Tower”—the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau—is facing mounting pressures. This study examines Qinghai Lake, the Huangshui River, the Golmud Riv...

As an extreme phenomenon of water pollution, black odorous water not only causes ecological damage, but also severely restricts urban development. Presently, the in situ remediation technology for sediment from river channels is still undeveloped, an...

Ecological restoration of abandoned mining areas in the Altay Mountain, northwest China, has always been considered a challenging issue due to the wide restoration area and serious devastation. To examine the restoration effects of the experimental m...

Soil heavy metal contamination poses critical challenges to ecological sustainability in mining regions, particularly in acidic soils from copper sulfide mines. This study developed a sustainable remediation strategy using a carbonyl iron powder&ndas...

Copper (Cu) pollution poses environmental and health risks. Owing to its adaptability and potential for water purification, Nymphoides peltata (N. peltata) is being considered for use in the remediation of Cu pollution. However, the feasibility of us...

Bio-gels are a class of functional polymeric materials with three-dimensional network structures. Their exceptional biocompatibility, biodegradability, high specific surface area, and tunable physicochemical properties make them highly promising for...

Heavy metal ions in wastewater endanger ecology and human health, requiring cost-effective treatments. This study innovatively converts abandoned basalt fibers (BFs) into high-performance adsorbents (BFSN) via NaOH etching and chelation with nitrilot...

Aquatic ecosystems are often subject to degradation due to various environmental stressors. The accumulation of an organic sediment layer causes shallowing, algal blooms, and hypertrophy in water reservoirs. The processes of overgrowth and shallowing...

The escalating demand for non-renewable resources is anticipated to intensify extractive activities, which are invariably associated with significant environmental externalities. The rehabilitation of mined landscapes, undertaken to mitigate ecologic...

Loess Plateau is the region with the most concentrated loess distribution and the deepest loess soil layer in the world, and it is facing serious problems of soil erosion and ecological degradation. The nano carbon modification of soil surface proper...

The degradation of sandy land in Inner Mongolia presents a substantial threat to regional ecological security and the sustainable development of agriculture and animal husbandry. Planting alfalfa serves as a crucial recovery strategy; however, the in...

Soil erosion due to rainstorms is a serious problem in subtropical gardens in South China. Soil conservation and the restoration of degraded landscapes are important research topics at home and abroad. Because of the sluggish growth of plants under t...

Xishan mining area in Taiyuan is a typical coal industry cluster with a variety of coal-related industrial sites such as coal mines, power plants and coking plants, which seriously pollute the native ecological environment. Study of the hydrochemical...

Mining activities and associated waste materials pose significant environmental challenges, including soil, water, and air contamination, along with health risks to nearby populations. Despite the harsh conditions of metal-enriched soils and nutrient...

Eutrophication in rural ponds has become a widespread environmental concern, particularly in regions affected by agricultural irrigation. This study proposes an innovative Submerged Macrophytes–Daphnia magna combined remediation technology, aim...

Soil water is a link between different water bodies. The study of soil water evaporation is of great significance to understand the regional hydrological process, promote environmental remediation in arid areas, and rationalize ecological water use....

Effective microorganism treatment, a low-cost and remediation measure that with no secondary pollution, was conducted in aquaculture wastewater. Unfortunately, effective microorganism erosion caused by the momentum of water flow under in situ conditi...

The 1987 Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement required Remedial Action Plans (RAPs) be collaboratively generated between local stakeholders and government agencies to implement an ecosystem approach in cleaning up 43 historically polluted...

In plant ecology and environmental remediation, the characterization of riparian plant communities and the influence of environmental factors have been widely discussed. However, the delineation of plant communities from different spatial perspective...

The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge spans 77 km along the Detroit River and western Lake Erie, and is the only unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System that is international. A key unit of the refuge is the 166-ha Humbug Marsh that rep...

Aggregate stability is considered an essential indicator of changes in the physical properties of soils, and vegetation roots play a crucial role in the stability of shallow soil aggregates in ionic rare earth tailings piles during ecological remedia...

The semi-enclosed bays impacted by heavy anthropogenic activities have weak water exchange and purification capacities. Most of the sea bays have suffered severe eutrophication, water quality deterioration, ecosystem degradation and other problems. A...

As global efforts towards green development intensify, eco-friendly materials have become pivotal to achieving sustainability. Wood, a natural, renewable, and environmentally benign biomass, holds great promise for green material applications due to...

This study presents the development and evaluation of an innovative modular ecological transition zone system for riparian restoration. Through systematic optimization, we developed a C25-grade ecological concrete module (100 mm × 100 mm ×...

This comprehensive study investigates the spatial distribution of metals in surface water, their accumulation in fish tissues, and their impact on the gut microbiome dynamics of fish in the Qi River, Huanggang City, Hubei Province. Three distinct sam...

Lakeshore buffer zones serve as transitional areas between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, playing a crucial role in intercepting non-point source pollutants, purifying river and lake water, and maintaining ecological system dynamics. This study...

Anthropogenic revegetation allows effective and timely soil development in mine restoration areas. The evaluation of soil quality is one of the most important criteria for measuring reclamation effectiveness, providing scientific reference for the su...

Eco-environmental stress refers to the pressure borne by the environment in sustaining the pre-existing non-industrialized state and/or in counteracting adverse impacts caused by natural and human factors. The present article introduces the concept,...

Intensified human activities in recent years, such as wastewater discharge and agricultural non-point source pollution have led to a decline in lake water quality, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin, which threaten...

The Alto Atoyac Basin (AAB) in central Mexico is one of the most environmentally degraded regions in the country. This review systematically compiles 60 peer-reviewed studies on environmental contamination from 1975 to 2024. A unified, standardized d...

To ensure the green, safe, and efficient extraction of mineral resources and promote sustainability, the stability of mined-out areas has become a critical factor affecting safe production and ecological restoration in underground metal mines. The in...

Rabigh Lagoon, located on the eastern coast of the Red Sea, is an ecologically rich zone in Saudi Arabia, providing habitat to Avicennia marina mangrove trees. The environmental quality of the lagoon has been decaying since the 1990s mainly from sedi...