This process is known as phytoremediation. Students will design an experiment to explore phytoremediation. Oil spills are no longer a surprise.
Deforestation is old news.
And phytoremediation and microbial activity in the rhizosphere are second nature. Over the past decade scientists have been working on inventive ways of cleaning up the environment. Some of the most exciting emerging technologies are in the field of biological remediation. In short, biological remediation is the use of various organisms, from microbes to mustard plants, to facilitate the clean up and removal of substances ranging from heavy metals to dynamite. When plants are used in this process it is called phytoremediation.