pollution-cleanup
Pollution cleanup in plant science refers to the use of plants and their associated microorganisms to absorb, degrade, or neutralize environmental contaminants such as heavy metals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals — a process known as phytoremediation. Plants offer a cost-effective and sustainable approach to restoring contaminated soils and water, making them valuable tools in environmental remediation efforts. Understanding the physiological and genetic mechanisms that allow certain species to tolerate and accumulate pollutants drives research into engineering more effective cleanup strategies.
Fungal bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in terrestrial envi...
Fungi already living in your garden soil — including the mycorrhizal networks wrapped around plan...
Simultaneous phenanthrene biodegradation and carbon mineralization ...
The rivers and lakes near petroleum pipelines that feed your city's water supply could one day be...
Plants and microbes are cleaning up fashion industry pollution
The dyes that color your clothes often end up in rivers and soil near factories, and the same wet...
Charcoal-coated bacteria clean toxic pollution from soil faster
If you garden near an old industrial lot, a former gas station, or a well-traveled roadside, the ...
Pond algae can digest antibiotics polluting wastewater
The algae blooming in retention ponds and treatment wetlands near you may be quietly filtering ou...
Soil bacteria quickly evolve to eat toxic flame retardant chemicals
The soil microbes quietly working under your garden beds have a hidden talent for breaking down i...
Green synergy: advancements in biosurfactant-assisted microbial rem...
Explosive residues from military sites and old industrial areas quietly leach into groundwater an...
Bioelectrochemical systems for the detection and removal of environ...
Same pollutants — heavy metals, pesticides, industrial chemicals — that contaminate waterways and...