Biochar Application in Remediating Salt/Metal Affected Soils and Water
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 104
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Interests: environmental geochemistry; green technology development; environmental quality; environmental remediation; risk assessment
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Interests: plant biochemistry; molecular biology; microbiology; plant genetics; plant detoxification; environmental remediation; plant–microbe interactions
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Interests: biochar preparation method and application in soil/water resource management; regional-scale geochemical mapping; fate and mobility of potentially toxic elements in soil-rhizosphere-plant system; metal contamination of food crops; hydrogeochemistry; groundwater contamination and health risk assessment; geochemistry of acid mine drainage; environmental remediation; paleo weathering and paleoclimate reconstruction using lake sediment geochemical proxies
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Interests: environmental science and engineering; contaminant fate and transport; soil remediation; water and wastewater treatment; environmental biotechnology; recovery of metal(loid)s
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil salinization is a significant threat to the productivity of soil in croplands. Excessive amounts of soluble salts can occupy the ion exchange sites, thus impacting the soil quality and, hence, crop yield. Elevated salt concentrations in water also have deleterious environmental effects, altering the composition and functions of aquatic ecological systems. Similarly, the contamination of soil and water with metals, particularly heavy metals and metalloids such as As, Zn, Pb, Se, Cu, Cd, Cr, U, etc., poses a major threat to human and ecological health. Therefore, it is necessary to develop more eco-friendly and sustainable strategies to manage water/soil quality and to reclaim salt- and metals-affected soils in order to expand land availability for crops, thus contributing to the UN sustainable development goals.
Biochar is a promising source of carbon-rich material that is produced from organic feedstock/waste materials under high-heat and limited oxygen conditions. Owing to its numerous advantages, such as a large surface area, high carbon content, and abundance of functional groups, this material has been utilized abundantly in recent years to enhance the physical, chemical, and biological properties of salt/metal-affected soils and water. In addition, biochar soil amendment has been proved to be effective in increasing crop biomass and in alleviating the phytotoxicity of heavy metals, in addition to their many other environmental benefits. This Special Issue will focus on high-quality scientific research, case studies, and review works in the aforementioned topic.
Areas of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Application of biochar/modified biochar in remediation of heavy metals/toxic pollutants in contaminated water/wastewater
- Biochar application for effective degradation or removal of organic/inorganic pollutants in contaminated soils
- Biochar application in managing soil salinity and associated soil quality issues
- Modification and optimization of biochar and biochar composites for environmental purposes
- Biochar as a soil amendment in reducing phytoavailability and phytotoxicity in crops
- Development of biochar-based remediation technologies for decontaminating environmental media impacted by salts and/or metals
- Preparation of biochar and biochar-based composites using traditional and advanced technologies
- Challenges and opportunities of biochar applications in the environmental field.
Prof. Dr. Dibyendu Sarkar
Prof. Dr. Rupali Datta
Dr. Prafulla Kumar Sahoo
Dr. Zhiming Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biochar
- salts
- metals
- soil remediation
- water treatment
- phytotoxicity
- sustainability
