85-2.55 times higher than the risk screening value. The height of Juncus ochraceus Buchen in the study area ranged from 43.77 cm to 55.42 cm, which was shorter than the average plant height of the control group (51.38-57.66 cm); however, this was not a significant difference, thus indicating that this plant was resistant to acidic soil and heavy metal pollution.Further analysis showed that Juncus ochraceus Buchen had accumulating capacity for both Cu and Zn, and transferring capacity for Zn as well. Thus, it had potential in heavy metal accumulation and absorption.Plant height was significantly related to the available phosphorus content in the rhizosphere soil. In the future, soil fertility could be improved by supplementing fertilizers containing available phosphorus when Juncus ochraceus Buchen is planted on the land of abandoned mines as a pioneer plant. Comprehensive analysis revealed that Juncus ochraceus Buchen had great potential as a pioneer plant to remediate acid mine wasteland.The mechanism and influencing factors of an in-situ thermal remediation using electrical resistance heating were investigated. The effects of electrical current, heating method, rehydration, and negative pressure on soil heating and energy consumption were studied using in-situ electrical resistance heating equipment. The results showed that there were two main mechanisms for soil heating. Firstly, electric energy was converted into heat energy, whereby direct heating of the soil by electricity increased the soil temperature. This mechanism mainly existed in the soil between two electrodes. The second was heat conduction, whereby the soil temperature between the electrodes was the highest, and the heat gradually transferred from the high-temperature soil to the low-temperature soil, such that the temperature of the soil far away from the electrode connection gradually increased. The heating current affected the rate of increase of the soil temperature. The higher the current was, the faster the soil temperature rate of increase was and the lower the unit energy consumption was. Compared with continuous heating, intermittent heating had a slower heating rate and required a longer time to reach the same temperature. However, the energy consumption per unit was low and only 45.2% of that of continuous heating. During the heating process, water should be continuously added to the soil around the electrode to maintain a high current and continuous heating. The negative pressure of extraction was large, the soil heat loss was large, and the unit energy consumption was high. In actual projects, appropriate technological conditions should be selected according to time, cost, and the removal rate as a means of improving the efficiency of the in-situ resistance thermal desorption remediation of contaminated soil, reducing energy consumption, and shortening the time limit.Combining organic fertilizer with chemical fertilizer may affect the microbial processes related to nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions under different degrees of soil salinization. A mild saline soil (S1; electrical conductivity (EC) 0.46 dS·m-1) and moderate saline soil (S2; EC 1.07 dS·m-1) in the Hetao irrigation district of Inner Mongolia were selected. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ver155008.html Under equal N rates, the study involved five treatmentsU1 (240 kg·hm-2 of chemical fertilizer), U3O1 (180 kg·hm-2 of chemical fertilizer+60 kg·hm-2 of organic fertilizer), U1O1 (120 kg·hm-2 of chemical fertilizer+120 kg·hm-2 of organic fertilizer), U1O3 (60 kg·hm-2 of chemical fertilizer+180 kg·hm-2 of organic fertilizer), and O1 (240 kg·hm-2 of organic fertilizer). In addition, a blank control treatment (CK) was employed to investigate the effects of different fertilization treatments on the N2O emissions from the two saline soils. The results showed that the total N2O emissions from the S2 soil in the same treatment were between 11.86% and 47.23% higher than tN content. Based on the changes in the corn yield and a reduction in the greenhouse effect, suitable organic and inorganic fertilizer management models for the Hetao irrigation area were the mild saline soil120 kg·hm-2 of urea +120 kg·hm-2 of organic fertilizer), and the moderate saline soil240 kg·hm-2 of organic fertilizer.The impact of exogenous carbon input changes on forest soil respiration provides the basis for an intensive analysis of the forest carbon cycle. Based on a plant residue addition and removal control experiment, this study investigated the short-term soil respiration response to carbon input changes of Picea schrenkiana on the Tianshan Mountains during their growing season with five different carbon input treatmentscontrol, double litter, no root, no litter, and no input. The results revealed that, during the entire observation period, the cumulative soil respiration rates were 3.38, 3.94, 2.65, 2.87, and 2.01 μmol·(m2·s)-1 in the double litter, control, no litter, no root, and no input treatments, respectively. Compared with the control treatment, the cumulative soil CO2 efflux increased by 402.65 g·m-2 in the double litter treatment, whereas it decreased by 515.00, 354.73, and 967.15 g·m-2 in the no litter, no root, and no input treatments, respectively. The mineral soil respiration, litterfall respiration, and root respiration contributed 59.46%, 21.49%, and 14.79%, respectively, to the total soil respiration rate. PCA analysis revealed that the soil respiration rate was positively correlated with the soil temperature, soil moisture, soil total phosphorus content, pH, and soil organic carbon content, and negatively correlated with the soil bulk density, while the soil total nitrogen content, carbon nitrogen ratio, and soil electrical conductivity had no effect on the soil respiration rate.The increase in the surface ozone (O3) concentration causes air pollution, which has become a significant environmental issue that is of increasing concern. Ozone pollution not only directly harms human health, but also influences the agricultural ecosystem by impacting crop growth, which may then indirectly affect human health through food quality and the safety of agricultural products. The effects of O3 pollution on rice growth, yields, and mineral metal contents in grains were investigated through field experiments with increased O3 concentration treatment (remaining at 100 nL·L-1) in open top chambers (OTC). The crop growth and metal contents of two rice varieties were analyzed and compared. The results showed that the higher O3 concentration inhibited the photosynthesis of Nanjing 5055 and Yangdao 6 rice leaves, reduced the chlorophyll content and leaf area index, and subsequently led to a decline in the rice yield of 45.5% and 28.6%, respectively. However, compared with the natural control, the contents of most mineral metallic elements in the brown rice and glume of the harvested grains increased by 3.