Bouchaib Gourich , Sanaa Kouzbour , Noura Najid , Assia Ait El Mahjoub , Hamza Outaleb , Christophe Vial , Arnaud Cockx , Youssef Stiriba , Mohamed Chaker Necibi , Hicham Fenniri
{"title":"Role of manganese oxides for enhanced the removal of dissolved manganese by aeration process using pilot-scale bubble column: Key role autocatalysis, kinetic modeling, performance comparison, and economic evaluation","authors":"Bouchaib Gourich , Sanaa Kouzbour , Noura Najid , Assia Ait El Mahjoub , Hamza Outaleb , Christophe Vial , Arnaud Cockx , Youssef Stiriba , Mohamed Chaker Necibi , Hicham Fenniri","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125873","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125873","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Dissolved manganese (Mn(II)) removal from drinking water by an aeration-based oxidation process was investigated in a pilot-scale bubble column reactor (BC) reactor. The study examined the effects of pH, aeration flow rate, and in-situ formed MnO2 on Mn(II) oxidation efficiency. Experimental results showed that Mn(II) removal was not limited by oxygen mass transfer. Raising the pH from 9.2 to 10 and increasing Mn(II) concentration significantly enhanced oxidation efficiency, reducing the time for 90 % removal from 119 min at pH 9.5–25 min at pH 10. Furthermore, Mn(II) oxidation kinetics exhibited strong pH dependency and autocatalytic behavior, as confirmed by a kinetic model fitting well with experimental data. XRD, FTIR, SEM, and PSD analyses highlighted the formation of mixed Mn(III) and Mn(IV) oxides with varying sizes and morphologies, influenced by pH. Compared to the BC reactor, the ALR achieved 90 % Mn(II) removal in just 25 min with 0.029 kWh.m<sup>−3</sup>, whereas the BC required 60 min and 0.072 kWh.m<sup>−3</sup>. This was attributed to the ALR's superior internal mixing, ensuring homogeneous pH and MnO<sub>2</sub> dispersion. Additionally, physicochemical analyses revealed that increasing pH from 9.2 to 10 altered the crystallographic structure, shape, and size of manganese oxides. These findings highlight the potential of optimizing aeration-based oxidation for Mn(II) removal, emphasizing the role of operating conditions, reaction mechanisms, and energy efficiency in enhancing process performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125873"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144123297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuanyuan Wang , J. Paul Chen , Yuesuo Yang , Ping Zhang
{"title":"Salt ions affect the remediation of Cr(VI)-contaminated groundwater using a simulated permeable reactive barrier filled with sulfidated nano-scale zerovalent iron (S-nZVI)","authors":"Yuanyuan Wang , J. Paul Chen , Yuesuo Yang , Ping Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125825","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125825","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) posts a great risk to humans and living organisms. In recent years, sulfidated nano-scale zerovalent iron (S-nZVI) has gained increasing attention for its potential in Cr(VI) removal due to its exceptional physical and chemical properties. However, limited studies have explored the application of S-nZVI in remediating groundwater polluted by Cr(VI), particularly the effects of salt ions on S-nZVI-based permeable reactive barrier (S-nZVI/PRB) reactors. To address this gap, both experimental and computational approaches were employed in this study to investigate the performance of S-nZVI/PRB reactors for Cr(VI) treatment under background solutions with various salt ions. The results demonstrated 1.2–2.0 times higher Cr(VI) removal efficiencies with the existence of Ca<sup>2+</sup> and Mg<sup>2+</sup> (introduced as CaCl<sub>2</sub> and MgCl<sub>2</sub>) compared to pure water and NaCl solutions. In contrast, CO<sub>3</sub><sup>2−</sup> (introduced as Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>) exhibited a strong inhibitory effect with a Cr(VI) removal capacity of only 34 mg g<sup>−1</sup>, lower than the 104 mg g<sup>−1</sup> observed in NaCl solution. Density functional theory calculations revealed that different ionic species influenced the interaction between Cr(VI) and S-nZVI by occupying active adsorption sites and altering the free energy of intermediate reduction products. These findings deepen our understanding on how various ionic species in groundwater influence the Cr(VI) removal by S-nZVI. This study provides essential scientific insights to support the application of S-nZVI/PRB reactors for in-situ remediation of groundwater polluted by heavy metal and also provides reference for environmental management strategy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125825"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara Sokhansefat , Yousef Kanani-Sadat , Mohsen Nasseri
{"title":"Modeling vegetation dynamics in complex topography under impacts of climate change: Integration of spatial clustering and optimized XGBoost","authors":"Sara Sokhansefat , Yousef Kanani-Sadat , Mohsen Nasseri","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125902","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125902","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding vegetation dynamics under impacts of climate change is essential for assessing ecosystem services, particularly in vulnerable areas. This study presents an efficient and accurate method for projecting the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to evaluate environmental status influenced by climate change, focusing on the Karkheh watershed, an ecologically sensitive area with complicated topography in Iran. We optimized a XGBoost model with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to estimate monthly spatiotemporal dynamics of NDVI, effectively handling extensive pixel-level time series data and capturing nonlinear relationships. After downscaling climate data from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP6) using the Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM), historical and future precipitation and temperature maps were generated through optimal Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). The model incorporated 23 input variables, including phenological rhythm categories, meteorological factors (with various time lags), and seasonal cycles, to project NDVI from 2030 to 2050 under various Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) scenarios. Results demonstrate that the optimized XGBoost model effectively evaluates vegetation growth, with the Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) of 0.93 and NDVI is projected to increase across all future scenarios, particularly under higher emissions pathways. SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) analysis reveals that phenological rhythms, moderate temperatures from the preceding month, moderately high current temperatures, and high precipitation from four months earlier play key roles in NDVI projection for this watershed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125902"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel “Jake” Price , Chad R. Kluender , Matthew J. Germino , Thomas Rodhouse
{"title":"Reliability of satellite-based vegetation maps for planning wildfire-fuel treatments in shrub steppe: Inferences from two contrasting national parks","authors":"Samuel “Jake” Price , Chad R. Kluender , Matthew J. Germino , Thomas Rodhouse","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125808","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125808","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Protecting habitat threatened by increasing wildfire size and frequency requires identifying the spatial intersection of wildfire behavior and ecological conditions that favor positive management outcomes. In the perennial sagebrush steppe of Western North America, invasions by fire-prone annual grasses are a key concern, and management of them requires reliable maps of vegetation cover, fuels, and wildfire behavior. We compared commonly used, publicly available vegetation cover and fuels maps, specifically the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) and LANDFIRE, with field-based assessments at two U.S. National Parks dominated by sagebrush steppe: City of Rocks National Reserve and Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Plant-community composition and fuels measured at ∼1700 field locations spanning ∼300,000 ha revealed that 1) RAP generally underestimated each vegetation cover type where the cover was actually abundant, and conversely overestimated cover types where they were actually scarce, and 2) there was considerable disagreement in fuel-bed maps derived from LANDFIRE compared to field observations. As a result, there were substantial discrepancies in the spatial patterning of wildfire behavior estimated from the fire-spread model FLAMMAP when parameterized with LANDFIRE compared to field-based fuel-bed maps created from Random Forests models. Reliable maps of vegetation cover and fuel conditions are needed to help guide fuels and invasive species management, especially given recent increases in pre- and post-fire treatments in arid and semiarid landscapes. The costs associated with poorly informed fuel reduction may greatly exceed the costs of field-based vegetation and fuels inventory to inform effective design of vegetative fuels treatments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125808"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaodong Yang , Ahmed Imran Hunjra , Oksana Grebinevych , David Roubaud , Shikuan Zhao
{"title":"Roads to sustainable development: Pioneering industrial green transformation through digital economy policy","authors":"Xiaodong Yang , Ahmed Imran Hunjra , Oksana Grebinevych , David Roubaud , Shikuan Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125721","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125721","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study employs a staggered difference-in-differences approach to examine the impact of digital economy policy on industrial green transformation, using the Broadband China demonstration cities policy as a quasi-natural experiment. The findings suggest that, first, digital economy policies contribute significantly to industrial green transformation through three primary mechanisms: by increasing public environmental awareness, by fostering green innovation, and by expanding the information industry. Second, the effect is contingent on several factors, namely resource endowments (particularly stronger in non-resource-based cities); the type of industrial city (stronger in non-old industrial base cities); the size of the city (with a stronger effect observed in large cities compared to small and medium-sized agglomerations), and geographic location (with a stronger effect observed in eastern regions). The study concludes by proposing a nuanced vision of the policy implications and strategic insights for the development of digital economy policies and sustainability principles in rapidly evolving economies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125721"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jia Wei , Jiayou Luo , Yanhua Chen , Fei Wang , Fei Yang , Yamei Li , Zhaozhong Zhu , Zhihang Huang , Xiaojun Li , Miyang Luo
{"title":"Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution correlated with overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional real-world study","authors":"Jia Wei , Jiayou Luo , Yanhua Chen , Fei Wang , Fei Yang , Yamei Li , Zhaozhong Zhu , Zhihang Huang , Xiaojun Li , Miyang Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125912","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125912","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Air pollution has emerged as an essential risk factor for overweight and obesity. However, the combined effects of multiple air pollutants on overweight/obesity development in children and adolescents are not fully understood. In this study, a total of 189,448 children and adolescents in China were included. Logistics, weighted quantile sum, quantile g-computation, and bayesian kernel machine regression models were used to systematically assess the association between long-term outdoor air pollution exposure and overweight/obesity, and identified the major contributors. Our results revealed a significantly positive association of PM<sub>2.5</sub>, PM<sub>10</sub>, CO, and NO<sub>2</sub> concentrations with overweight/obesity risk. Multi-pollutant models consistently demonstrated a positive association between the air pollutant mixture and the risk of overweight/obesity (OR: 1.825; 95 % CI: 1.036, 2.614). PM<sub>2.5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub> were identified as the most significant contributors. Furthermore, we found significantly positive overall effects and interactions of these pollutants on an additive risk of overweight/obesity. The effects of air pollutants on overweight/obesity were pronounced in boys, rural residents, smokers, and primary school students. Our findings demonstrated that long-term exposure to air pollutants, particularly PM<sub>2.5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub> was positively linked with an increased risk of overweight/obesity in children and adolescents. The cross-sectional design and potential confounders limited the ability to establish causality. Prospective cohort studies and specific mechanism investigations are needed to provide more precise and robust evaluations in the future. Coordinated policies to reduce air pollutants and mitigate their combined effects are essential for addressing this public health issue.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125912"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing bottom water movement during winter turnover in the deep Ogouchi Reservoir by particle tracking method","authors":"Ghazaleh Kheiri , Katsuhide Yokoyama , Gubash Azhikodan , Tetsuya Shintani , Haruko Kunieda , Akihiro Takahashi","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125895","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125895","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Turnover is a natural phenomenon in lakes and reservoirs that affects water quality. Previous research has evaluated the occurrence and non-occurrence of turnover through data analysis or simulations of dissolved oxygen and water temperature. This study implemented the three-dimensional (3D) environmental hydrodynamic model, Fantom-Refined, along with the application of buoyant particles in the Ogouchi Reservoir, to visualize individual particle movements in detail and gain insights into the turnover process. The comparison of observed water temperature data for two years with different bottom hypoxia conditions showed that the presence or absence of turnover was separated by a thermal gradient (TG) of 0.0035 <span><math><mrow><mo>°C</mo></mrow></math></span> m<sup>−1</sup>. Furthermore, it was shown that strong winds exceeding 5 m s<sup>−1</sup> had an effect on the timing of turnover. The 3D hydrodynamic simulation showed that strong winds cause patchy positive and negative vertical velocities in the plane. The vertical velocities were several times larger than the horizontal velocities, which resulted in sharply angled descending and ascending currents. When particle tracking calculations were performed for two periods of comparable strong wind speeds, particles placed at the bottom only moved horizontally and did not ascend when TG was above the threshold. However, when TG was below the threshold, bottom particles were captured by the patchy vertical velocities, causing them to ascend to the surface before descending back to the bottom within a few hours. Although the turnover is well known, the detailed mixing structure has not been indicated by any previous studies. This study visually and statistically demonstrated the process of winter turnover through velocity calculations and particle tracking.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125895"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ke Zhang , Chenyang Wang , Xinyi Zhao , Quanliu Yang , Junwen Chen , Yinyuan Du , Jianyu Zhu , Min Gan , Guanzhou Qiu
{"title":"Investigation of the interface reaction mechanism in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 during chromium (VI) reduction enhanced by pyrite","authors":"Ke Zhang , Chenyang Wang , Xinyi Zhao , Quanliu Yang , Junwen Chen , Yinyuan Du , Jianyu Zhu , Min Gan , Guanzhou Qiu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125958","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125958","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mineral–microbe interaction is crucial in driving chromium biogeochemical cycling in the environment. In this study, a system involving <em>Shewanella oneidensis</em> MR-1 and pyrite was constructed to explore their molecular interaction process, and the mechanism behind their cooperative removal of Cr(VI) was clarified. Batch experiment results indicate a synergistic Cr(VI) removal effect between MR-1 and pyrite, as the Cr(VI) removal rate in the MR-1 + pyrite + Cr(VI) system (97.3 %) was higher than the combined rate of the MR-1 + Cr(VI) system (25.8 %) and the pyrite + Cr(VI) system (9.36 %). Additionally, pyrite was proven to stimulate MR-1 by restoring its reducing power under Cr(VI) stress, providing shelter and promoting colonization for MR-1. This is evidenced by the fluctuating c-Cyt levels in the MR-1 + pyrite + Cr(VI) system, which initially decreased and then increased, a pattern not observed in the MR-1 + Cr(VI) system. Furthermore, the pyrite surface was identified as the primary reaction site for Cr(VI) reduction, forming a bacterial-mineral interface conducive to reciprocal interaction. Specifically, Fe(III) and S<sup>0</sup>, the reaction products of pyrite and Cr(VI), accumulated on the pyrite surface and served as electron acceptors for MR-1, supporting Fe and S reduction processes. Moreover, these Fe and S reduction processes are synergistic and mutually reinforcing. Their reduction products, S<sup>2−</sup> and Fe<sup>2+</sup>, with strong reducing properties, further facilitated the transformation of Cr(VI) to Cr(III). This research achievement will enhance our understanding of the bacteria–pyrite interaction mechanisms and their role in driving chromium migration and transformation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125958"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Filippo Maria D'Arcangelo , Tobias Kruse , Mauro Pisu , Marco Tomasi
{"title":"The effect of climate policies on firm financing and investment through the banking channel","authors":"Filippo Maria D'Arcangelo , Tobias Kruse , Mauro Pisu , Marco Tomasi","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125866","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125866","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper assesses to what extent markets with sophisticated investors and large firms price transition risks due to climate policies affecting the corporate cost of debt. Unlike previous studies, we focus the analysis on the impact of climate policy on the allocation of capital. We isolate the effect of mitigation policies on syndicated loans' spreads by exploiting yearly variation in countries' climate policy stringency interacted with firm-level measures of environmental performance. The analysis yields three main results. First, stringent climate policies significantly lower the cost of debt of firms with good environmental performance (in terms of emission intensity or patenting activity in mitigation technologies). Second, ESG scores and their environmental pillar – which correlate poorly with firms’ actual environmental performance – are not sufficiently informative to assess and price domestic transition risks. Third, more stringent mitigation policies can encourage investment in green firms by reducing their cost of debt.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125866"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yue Fu , Yunqiang Yi , Yu Wang , Yi Diao , Zenghui Diao , Zhenguo Chen
{"title":"A comprehensive review of modified biochar-based advanced oxidation processes for environmental pollution remediation: efficiency, mechanism, toxicity assessment","authors":"Yue Fu , Yunqiang Yi , Yu Wang , Yi Diao , Zenghui Diao , Zhenguo Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125872","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125872","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Biochar (BC) has been demonstrated efficacy in activating oxidants to enhance environmental contaminant degradation. However, performance limitations of pristine biochar, including insufficient active sites and low electron transfer efficiency, primarily stemming from feedstock heterogeneity and pyrolytic parameter variations, resulting in suboptimal activation efficiency in practical applications. Recent studies demonstrated that targeted functionalization strategies, such as heteroatom doping, metal loading, and acid/alkali modification, could significantly improving activation performance of biochar, which was critical for advancing biochar-based advanced oxidation processes. In this review, the modification methods of biochar and their applications in activating diverse oxidants for water purification, soil remediation, air pollutant mitigation, and antimicrobial disinfection were summarized. Additionally, the differences in mechanisms among modified biochars for activating different oxidants in pollutant degradation were systematically illustrated. This review indicated that both free radicals and non-free radicals pathway played key roles in pollutant removal, either individually or through synergistic effects. Furthermore, potential challenges in applying modified biochar-based AOPs at a practical scale were also discussed. This review have shown that the presence of natural substances and impurities in these environments can deplete active components, resulting in reduced pollutant degradation efficiencies compared to controlled laboratory conditions. The current review illustrated that the toxicity of modified biochar was related to feedstocks and pyrolysis processes. Meanwhile, the toxicity of degradation intermediates could significantly reduce using modified biochar-based AOPs. Overall, this review provide insights for future research in this field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"387 ","pages":"Article 125872"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}