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Russian scientists select plants for reclaiming polluted Arctic regions
Russian scientists select plants for reclaiming polluted Arctic regions
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Experiments show that cereals, leguminous plants and pumpkins are the best option for reclaiming soils affected by anthropogenic pollution, according to specialists from the Oil and Gas Institute at the Siberian Federal University.Scientists have discovered that the root systems of most plants from these three groups are longer and more ramified in polluted soils with greater oil concentrations.“We have checked over ten plant species, the way they sprout and germinate and how they extract up to 200 mg of hydrocarbon pollutants, including water-oil emulsions, from every kilogram of soils,” said Assistant Professor Maria Kovalyova from the Faculty of Fuel Supply, Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants at the Siberian Federal University.During the experiments, cereals, leguminous plants and pumpkins extracted 80 percent of all hydrocarbons from the polluted soils.Specialists want to catalogue plants best suited for decontaminating soils; the catalogue will list distinguishing features of plants and various types of soils, as well as the nature and extent of pollution.
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Russian scientists select plants for reclaiming polluted Arctic regions
Experiments
show that cereals, leguminous plants and pumpkins are the best option for reclaiming soils affected by anthropogenic pollution, according to specialists from the Oil and Gas Institute at the Siberian Federal University.
Scientists have discovered that the root systems of most plants from these three groups are longer and more ramified in polluted soils with greater oil concentrations.
“We have checked over ten plant species, the way they sprout and germinate and how they extract up to 200 mg of hydrocarbon pollutants, including water-oil emulsions, from every kilogram of soils,” said Assistant Professor Maria Kovalyova from the Faculty of Fuel Supply, Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants at the Siberian Federal University.
During the experiments, cereals, leguminous plants and pumpkins extracted 80 percent of all hydrocarbons from the polluted soils.
Specialists want to catalogue plants best suited for decontaminating soils; the catalogue will list distinguishing features of plants and various types of soils, as well as the nature and extent of pollution.
