Environmental Nanoremediation under Changing Climate

Document Type : Review

Authors

1 Soil and Water Dept., Kafrelsheikh Uni.

2 Soil and water Dept., Kafrelsheikh Uni.

3 Plant Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering Division, National Research Center, 33-El-Behouth St., 12622 Dokki, Giza, Egypt

4 Plant Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering Division, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

5 Horticulture Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh Uni., Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

6 Horticulture Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh Uni., Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt and College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa 31982, Saudi Arabia

7 Microbiology department, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center.

8 Agricultural Microbiology, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

9 Soil, Water, and Environment Institute, ARC, Giza

10 Biological and Environmental Sciences Dept., Home Economics Faculty, Al-Azhar Uni, Egypt

11 Vegetable crop dept., faculty of agriculture, Cairo Uni.

12 Applied Plant Science Dept., Institute for Plant Biology, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

13 Plant Biotechnology Dept., Debrecen Uni., Böszörményi Útca. 138, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary

Abstract

Many global problems threaten our life on the Planet including climate changes, environmental pollution, food and soil security, energy crisis, etc. This environmental pollution has not only mainly serious risks and stress involving the human health and the entire ecosystem safety but also the quantity and quality of crop productivity worldwide. Due to the great gap between the global food production and the global consumption, there is a crucial need to cultivate these contaminated lands sooner or later. Therefore, the removing of pollutants from soils and waters should be performed in frame of sustainable remediation and sustainable energy production. Depending on many factors (source and kind of pollutants, land use and the economics of water and soil resources, etc) many strategies should be addressed for the sustainable and integrated management of polluted lands. Nanoremediation is a promising strategy in controlling pollution and management. Three major applications of nanoremediation could be characterized including detection of pollution using nanosensors, prevention of pollution, purification and remediation of contamination. Further studies also concerning the impact of changing climate on the nanoremediation process in the agroecosystems should be considered. Thus, this review will focus on the evaluation of environmental nanoremediation and its strategy in polluted lands under climate changes. Using of nanotechnology in pollution control as well as the environmental pollution and its sustainable management also will be highlighted.

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