Wetlands near agricultural land can significantly reduce the amount of excess pollutants from conventional agriculture. A recent study by the American Society of Agronomy shows that even a small wetland is effective. Explanation.
With very concrete examples, environmental engineer Laura Verdier explains in her book Polluted Soils, a Threat to People and Biodiversity why soils are a fundamental issue in the fight against climate change.
“I wrote this book in the belief that soils are completely overlooked in national and EU environmental policy. In reality, they feed us,…
Already effective in decontaminating soils polluted by heavy metals and industrial pollutants, the birch tree could also clean up the microplastics they contain. This is the finding of a study by German researchers from the Leibniz Institute and the German Research Centre for Geosciences, published recently in the journal Science of The Total Environment. We…
Laura Verdier, an environmental consultant and author of "Sols pollués - Menaces sur les populations et la biodiversité" (Dunod), advises the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) on soil conservation. This organisation, created in 1977 by the famous anthropologist Jane Goodall, made its name by protecting chimpanzees. Today, the JGI advocates a global approach to environmental preservation,…