The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and ...

Are there ways living organisms can be used to fix pollution? M.L., via email. Pollution remains one of the most significant ...

Bioremediation uses plants, fungi, and microbes to clean up polluted land in place, offering a nature-based option for ...

Bioremediation is a fascinating area to explore if you are interested in ecology, ecosystems, and nature restoration. This is the process by which we use plants, bacteria, or fungi to clean up ...

CREDIT: Elizabeth Henaff. If the microbes really can break down pollution, they could be “mined” for all sorts of bioremediation projects. Organisms grown and stored in bioreactors might help ...

“The tolerance to extreme conditions like high radiation of these bacteria could inspire several biotechnological applications,” said Torrent. “One of these may be bioremediation as a candidate for ...

But this discovery is just one step on the way to full-scale bioremediation, says Inui. Using bacteria to rid waterways and other environments of pollutants such as tetrachloroethene is not as ...

This means the bacteria could be harnessed to help clean up microplastics in the environment and the new bioremediation finding could lead to a robust bioengineering solution to clean up plastic ...

Microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and algae play a fundamental role in sustaining Earth's ecosystems and are now at the ...