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Coverage of urban soils since October 4, 2020.

RUDN University soil scientists: Green suburbs can be more harmful than city centers

"...A team of soil scientists from RUDN University confirmed that traditional approaches to urban soil pollution monitoring ignore actual risks for urban residents because they don't take into consideration the barrier function of the soil. The team used Moscow as an example to show that not only polluted downtown districts but also recreational parks and forest zones can pose a threat to people. This is due to the fact that the barrier functions of the soil are weaker in green suburbs, making it unable to withstand even the slightest pollution..."

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RUDN university summer school of soil sciences covered 5 climatic zones from the barents sea to the

"...Soil scientists from three countries organized the first international summer school of urban soil studies in the world. Its participants had a chance to work in five different climatic zones in the European part of Russia, from tundra to dry steppes. The organizing team included the RUDN Department of Landscape Planning and Sustainable Ecosystems, International Union of Soil Sciences, and Urban Soils Institute (USA)..."

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Academic Research

Recent peer-reviewed papers about urban soils relevant to the latest news.

Urban areas, human health and technosols for the green deal

"...A healthy soil is the one which maintains the capacity to support ecosystem services, so it can provide numerous benefits to human health and well-being (carbon sequestration, protection against flooding, retention and immobilization of pollutants and a growth media for vegetation and food production)..."

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The impacts of mining on soil pollution with metal(loid)s in resource-rich Mongolia

"...The aim of this study was to (I) assess the impacts of mining on soil pollution with metals in Mongolia's key coal mining towns (Baganuur, Nalaikh and Sharyn Gol) and (II) review the current knowledge on soil pollution with metal(loid)s and related health risks in Mongolia..."

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Interactive effects of natural and anthropogenic factors on heterogenetic accumulations of heavy metals in surface soils through

"...It is vital to identify and quantify the factors that affect trace-element pollution for better preventing and managing soil pollution..."

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A Scientometric Analysis of Research on World Mercury (Hg) in Soil (1991?2020)

"...Three main clusters of studies in soil were identified: (1) Hg pollution related to land use and urban soils, highlighting China, and Hg environmental risk to ecological systems; (2) highlight of the Amazon as an important study area, and the bioavailability of Hg in the soil associated with phytoremediation and its methylation; (3) mobilization, speciation, and the relationship of Hg with the content of organic matter in the soil..."

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Assessing the contamination level, sources and risk of potentially toxic elements in urban soil and dust of Iranian cities usin

"...Environmental problems caused by non-degradable pollutants such as metals and metalloids are of particular interest considering the potential to affect the health of current and future urban residents..."

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Rapid assessment of soil contamination by potentially toxic metals in the green spaces of Moscow megalopolis using the portable

"...Traditional soil monitoring methods, while accurate, are often costly and labor-intensive, making it challenging to capture the intricate spatial variations of pollutants in urban soils..."

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Magnetic and elemental characterization of the particulate matter deposited on leaves of urban trees in Santiago, Chile

"...In this study, we carried out a magnetic and elemental study on tree leaves used as passive captors and urban dust from various sites in the city of Santiago, Chile, to assess the reliability of magnetic and elemental measurements to characterize particulate matter pollution from vehicular origin..."

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Heavy metal load and effects on biochemical properties in urban soils of a medium-sized city, Ancona, Italy

"...Because of the absence of thresholds defining a hot spot for heavy metal pollution in urban soils, we defined a ?threshold of attention? (ToA) for each heavy metal aiming to bring out hot spot soils where it is more impellent to intervene to mitigate or avoid potential environmental concerns..."

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Translocation of Heavy Metals in Herbs under Urban Anthropogenic Pollution Conditions

"...This study aims to examine the translocation of heavy metals from urban soils to herbs in Tyumen (Russian Federation)..."

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Soil physiochemical properties and carbon sequestration of Urban landscapes in Lubbock, TX, USA

"...Soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation and carbon (C) sequestration are ecosystem services (ESs) provided by urban landscapes that are dominated by continuous grass cover, such as residential lawns..."

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