Environmental monitoring and assessment
Aug 8, 2025
The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the performance of different machine learning (ML) algorithms, viz., multi-layer perceptron (MLP), random forest (RF), extra trees regressor (ETR), CatBoost, and gradient boost (GB), considering ...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Jul 28, 2025
This study aims to evaluate the applicability of existing machine learning and deep learning techniques for the rapid prediction of hydrocarbon contamination in soils using hyperspectral data. Soil samples of three types, i.e., clayey, silty, and san...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Jul 19, 2025
Berlin has historically been impacted by heavy metal (HM) emissions, raising concerns about soil pollution. In this study, machine learning (ML) techniques were applied to predict HM concentrations across the Berlin metropolitan area. A dataset of 66...
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Jun 5, 2025
Soil heavy metal contamination poses serious health risks, but few studies have quantitatively assessed disparities in these risks between urban and rural populations. To address this gap, we introduce a novel framework integrating machine learning a...
Environmental science & technology
May 21, 2025
Microplastic (MP) pollution has become a significant global concern in soil systems. The spatial risk of MPs in soils, the cascading effects of climate, human activities, and air quality, and the ecosystem gradients from natural habitats, agricultura...
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
May 5, 2025
The introduction of rare earth elements (REEs) and precious metals (PMs) containing wastes in aged landfills leads to a significant pollutant and resource potential. Against this backdrop, the accumulation of REEs and PMs in soil-like-fractions (SLF)...
Journal of hazardous materials
May 3, 2025
Global industrialization has resulted in severe contamination of soil with heavy metals (HMs). Nevertheless, it is unclear if it affects the depth-resolved bacterial communities. Herein, we collected soil samples at different depths from a typical HM...
The Science of the total environment
Apr 30, 2025
This study aims to evaluate the adequacy of China's national standards for heavy metals in organic fertilizers by predicting their concentrations in grains using machine leaning. A comprehensive dataset was collected from literature, including soil p...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Apr 24, 2025
Urbanization and industrialization have led to widespread soil heavy metals contamination, posing significant risks to ecosystems and human health. Conventional methods for mapping heavy metal distribution, which rely on soil sampling followed by che...
Environmental geochemistry and health
Apr 23, 2025
Coal mining soils are highly susceptible to heavy metal pollution due to the discharge of mine tailings, overburden dumps, and acid mine drainage. Developing a reliable predictive model for heavy metal concentrations in this region has proven to be a...