She and her agronomy professor husband, Paul Schwab, were one of the first research teams to develop methods for field-testing phytoremediation, the use of plants to clean up contaminated soil. Banks ...

"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 ...

Using plants for bioremediation is known as phytoremediation. Certain mushrooms can also be used in ecosystem restoration and bioremediation. Using mushrooms for remediation is often referred to ...

Norelis Arias walks on land in northern Colombia that’s brimming with greenery, birds chirping in the trees. It’s a far cry ...

University of Minnesota researchers are studying how to remove Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), also ...

In urban areas, road salts used for de-icing during winter often ... mitigate salt pollution through a process called phytoremediation. "Plants play an important role in green infrastructure ...

Using trees and plants to absorb the contaminants in soil as they grow is known as phytoremediation. It’s an approach to land restoration used elsewhere in the world, says Chris Anderson ...

More information: S. Long et al, The impact of deicer and anti-icer use on plant communities in stormwater detention basins: Characterizing salt stress and phytoremediation potential, Science of ...

The roots can also remove environmental toxins through a process called phytoremediation. Older trees even help decrease the risk of forest fires by limiting the amount of light that shines through ...

A new spinout, RemePhy, aims to revolutionise the way we address soil contamination, one of the world's most critical environmental ...