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Phytoremediation technologies use living plants to clean up soil, air and water contaminated with hazardous contaminants. [1] It is defined as "the use of green plants and the associated microorganisms, along with proper soil amendments and agronomic techniques to either contain, remove or render toxic environmental contaminants harmless". [2]
In botany, drought tolerance is the ability by which a plant maintains its biomass production during arid or drought conditions. [1] [2] [3] Some plants are naturally adapted to dry conditions, surviving with protection mechanisms such as desiccation tolerance, detoxification, or repair of xylem embolism. [3]
It is very small and can lodge itself within the lungs and enter the bloodstream. Diesel soot is concentrated in densely populated areas, and one in six people in the U.S. live near a diesel pollution hot spot. [5] While air pollution hotspots affect a variety of populations, some groups are more likely to be located in hotspots.
A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation. [1] [2] Norman Myers wrote about the concept in two articles in The Environmentalist in 1988 [3] and 1990, [4] after which the concept was revised following thorough analysis by Myers and others into "Hotspots: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered ...
A satellite image of the Sahara, the world's largest hot desert and third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic. Desert greening is the process of afforestation or revegetation of deserts for ecological restoration (biodiversity), sustainable farming and forestry, but also for reclamation of natural water systems and other ecological systems that support life.
In many parts of the gardening country, that problem spot tends to be the hottest, the driest, and the most Mars-like spot in the garden. More: Here are 5 mid-season ways to spruce up your summer ...
The quality of bathing water at two North Yorkshire seaside swimming spots has declined, an annual review found. Samples of water at Scarborough’s North Bay and Robin Hood's Bay showed the ...
Two of five newly designated official swimming spots in Devon failed to meet water quality standards, figures have revealed. Steamer Quay on the River Dart and Coastguards Beach on the River Erme ...