A critical review is provided on the progress achieved in the last few years in the use of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technique in environmental system monitoring. In the first part of this review a short description of LIBS equipments, LIBS basic physical principles and supporting advanced calibration methods and chemometric approaches to LIBS analysis are provided. In the second part of the review the most recent applications of LIBS to the analysis of relevant solid, liquid and gaseous environmental systems and their contaminants, including soil, rocks, sands, sediments, eletronic wastes, waters, landfill leachates, lubricating oils and aerosols, are described. The potential and versatility of LIBS as a promising analytical tool in environmental science for in situ applications with minimal or no sample pretreatment are highlighted. The review ends with a brief conclusion and future perspectives.

对最近几年在环境系统监视中使用激光诱导击穿光谱技术（LIBS）所取得的进展进行了严格的审查。在本综述的第一部分中，简要介绍了LIBS设备，LIBS基本物理原理以及支持的高级校准方法和化学计量学方法，以进行LIBS分析。在本综述的第二部分中，LIBS在有关固体，液体和气体环境系统及其污染物（包括土壤，岩石，沙子，沉积物，电子废物，水，垃圾填埋场渗滤液，润滑油和气溶胶）的分析中的最新应用进行说明。着重强调了LIBS作为环境科学中有希望的分析工具，用于原位应用而无需进行最少或很少的样品预处理的潜力和多功能性。审查以简短的结论和未来的展望结束。