Protected areas (PAs) are critically important means to preserve species and maintain natural ecosystems. However, the potential impacts of chemical pollution on PAs are seldom mentioned in the scientific literature. ...

La redacción de ideas es de vital importancia en el desarrollo de la expresión escrita y un tema actual y de la vida cotidiana como lo es la ecología nos puede facilitar este proceso creativo.

Writing ideas is an important task to develop the written expression skill. Then, an everyday life issue such as ecology, can help this creative process.

Exposure to environmental contaminants is thought to be important in the development of adverse effects on reproductive health. While the adverse effects of environmental contaminants on semen quality and testicular function ...

Arsenic (As) in soil is a serious environmental issue, and although As occurs naturally in soil, anthropogenic activities have greatly increased As soil contamination. Several technologies can be used to reduce arsenic ...

Diesel oil is the main source of energy used in Antarctica. Since diesel is composed of toxic compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals, it represents a constant threat to the organisms ...

In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) can be applied to soils contaminated by polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAH degradation yields are often rather low, because of different obstacles not clearly understood. These include ...