Alexander W. Kim

TL;DR: In this article, surface soils from a 19 km 2 area in east London, UK were analysed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and showed that PAHs can be obtained from the soil.

TL;DR: Sediments from the Mersey Estuary were analysed for polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the distribution of individual PAHs were consistent throughout the estuary, this together with molecular indices suggests mainly pyrolitic inputs, augmented by a variety of industrial petrogenic sources.

TL;DR: It has been widely postulated that mangroves afford physical protection against catastrophic storm events such as hurricanes and tsunamis, and recent post-impact surveys along the Tamil Nadu coast confirmed this notion and demonstrated that man-made structures built behind mangroaves were significantly less damaged than their unprotected counterparts.

TL;DR: Overall, PAHs had the longest history of any of the organic contaminants in the Clyde estuary, mirrored the lessening of coal use and increasing reliance on petroleum fuels from about the 1950s, and declining hydrocarbon pollution was followed by the onset, peak, peak and decline in total PCB concentrations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a linear regression of labile soil organic carbon (SOC) based on loss on ignition (LOI) analyses was used to predict labile SOC for all survey samples from the three UK urban areas.