'Green Clean:' Researchers Determining Natural Ways To Clean Contaminated Soil
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 21:14
in Earth & Climate
Researchers are working to demonstrate that trees can be used to degrade or capture fuels that leak into soil and ground water. Through a process called phytoremediation -- literally a "green" technology -- plants and trees remove pollutants from the environment or render them harmless.