Salt pollution in freshwater is a growing global concern. Excessive salt harms plants, degrades soil, and compromises water ...

One of the more elusive goals of bioremediation has been finding organisms that can destroy the high levels of explosives found in soils around munitions sites. Certain microbes can denitrify ...

Salt pollution from road deicing salts threatens freshwater ecosystems and urban green infrastructure. New research on salt-tolerant plants like cattails highlights their potential role in mitigating ...

"Phytoremediation is only five or 10 years old," says Purdue horticulture Professor Peter Goldsbrough, "but there's a lot of hope that eventually plants can be used to restore sites and remove ...

Tackling the issue of global pollution is a difficult challenge as traditional remedial technologies are viewed as ...