Feb 24, 2025
“As we know, we are in the era of renewable energy. Conventional mining is monumentally destructive, but phytomining can give us a sustainable, domestic supply of nickel to help fuel the green transition.” – Om Parkash Dhankher, professor of molecular biology...
May 22, 2024
DuPage County, IL In 2023, scientists from around the world gathered in DuPage county, IL, to tour a closed landfill at Mallard Lake. Just 10 years ago, the USPA and IEPA recorded seepage of leachate from the perimeters of the landfill into surrounding water systems...
Apr 16, 2020
Plant microbiologist Sharon Doty is using microbes naturally associated with Poplar to increase success of phytoremediation efforts....
Feb 14, 2020
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...
Oct 10, 2019
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...
