Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

LIU  et al. , 2025 Scientists reveal how microplastics release invisible chemical clouds into waterways (Press Release, EurekAlert ; 11 December 2025) https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1109616 Featured Research Article: Molecular-level insights into derivation dynamics of microplastic-derived dissolved organic matter (LIU et al. , 2025) https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/newcontam-0025-0016

Atlantis Massif ,  NOAA ;  CC BY-SA 2.0 ,  Link A long section of serpentinized depleted mantle peridotite (LISSENBERG et al. , 2024) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp1058 Serpentinized and Carbonated Peridotite ,  Deborah KELLEY (University of Washington, USA) ;  CC BY-SA 2.5 ,  Link Also... The Control of End‐Member Iron‐to‐Sulfide Ratios on Hydrothermal Plume Geochemistry at the Rainbow, Broken Spur, and Lost City Vent Fields in the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge  (SEVGEN et al. , 2025) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2025GC012370

Kenya Rift Valley Volcanoes and Lakes , Uwe DEDERING/Amatth2 ;  CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Geochemical fingerprinting of plume in Suswa silicic volcanics, Kenya rift  (HONG et al. , 2025) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-22868-5 Also... The East African Rift System (ROONEY et al. , 2025) https://flore.unifi.it/bitstream/2158/1427895/1/xfinal_Rooney_2025_ear_review.pdf Geochemistry and sources of fluoride and nitrate contamination of groundwater in six districts of the Dodoma region in Tanzania (BANYIKWA, 2023) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227623002399 Groundwater resources in the East African Rift Valley: Understanding the geogenic contamination and water quality challenges in Tanzania (LIGATE et al. , 2021) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227621001356

Heavy Metal Accumulation and Plant-Mediated Nanoparticles Synthesis in Euphorbia tirucalli:  A Sustainable Remediation Strategy (YANAMANDRA et al. , 2025) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.5c06070

Vista panorámica de Jaén, desde el cerro en el Sector Santa Teresita ,  Ronar ESPINOZA ;  CC BY-SA 3.0 ,  Link Geospatial distribution of heavy metals in rice soils of northwestern Peru (TARILLO et al ., 2025) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-16638-6

Estimated Agricultural Pesticide Use (Dicamba, 2019), USGS ; Link TRUMP EPA Announced Plan to Reapprove Dangerous Drift-Prone Pesticide Dicamba (News Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; July 23, 2025) https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-epa-announces-plan-to-reapprove-dangerous-drift-prone-pesticide-dicamba-2025-07-23/ EPA announced Proposed Decision to Approve Registration of New Uses of Dicamba, Outlines New Measures to Protect Human Health, Environment (Press Release, US EPA ; July 23, 2025) https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/epa-announces-proposed-decision-approve-registration-new-uses-dicamba-outlines-new Also... Dicamba drift:  New use of an old herbicide disrupts pollinators (News Release, University of Michigan ; March 4, 2025) https://news.umich.edu/dicamba-drift-new-use-of-an-old-herbicide-disrupts-pollinators/ Featured Research Article: Off-target drift of the herbicide Dicamba disrupts plant-pollinator interactions via novel pat...