By the end of 2020, Fiinovation aims to plant 1 million trees in a phytoremediation-based initiative called Ecotopia. Trees will be used combat the effects of rapid industrialization and urbanization; absorb greenhouse gases, increase evaporation and transpiration,...
“What if, as a partial substitute to traditional, energy-intensive and environmentally costly mining and smelting, the world harvested nickel plants?” Read the New York Times article here
Kate will be presenting her talk “Phytoremediation: Pollution Purging Plants” at the Resilient Landscapes Symposium this spring at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Can plants help remediate a site’s contaminants when soil or water testing reveals...
Phytoremediation use at landfills is one of the most field implemented kinds of planted buffers in the field of phytotechnologies. Plants can be used to remediate contaminated groundwater generated by landfill leachate. Deep rooted plants such as poplars and willow...
