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Iranian fungi show promise in cleaning up oil spills
Iranian scientists have isolated local strains of fungi that can digest petroleum compounds and may be useful in cleaning up polluted sites, especially in similar, semi-arid areas. The researchers isolated fungal strains from oil-contaminated sites within the Arak refinery in Iran and found some of them to cut the amount of petroleum pollution in soil by more than half. Although bioremediation ...
By SciDev.Net
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On World Soil Day, Newcastle leads the way
The CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) addresses environmental contamination of all kinds, with a strong focus on soil pollution, and the CRC for High Performance Soils (Soil CRC) aims to improve the productivity of Australia’s agricultural land. This year’s World Soil Day (Wednesday 5 December), which is themed ‘Be the solution to ...
By CRC Care
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