Journal Article

Removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from the air, soil, and water by algae

Astatkie, Tess, Price, Gordon W., Shahi Khalaf Ansar, Behnaz, Dehghanian, Zahra, Pandey, Janhvi, Kavusi, Elaheh, Asgari Lajayer, Behnam

2023

Overview

Rapid increases in human populations and development has led to a significant exploitation of natural resources around the world. On the other hand, humans have come to terms with the consequences of their past mistakes and started to address current and future resource utilization challenges. Today’s primary challenge is figuring out and implementing eco-friendly, inexpensive, and innovative solutions for conservation issues such as environmental pollution, carbon neutrality, and manufacturing effluent/wastewater treatment, along with xenobiotic contamination of the natural ecosystem. One of the most promising approaches to reduce the environmental contamination load is the utilization of algae for bioremediation. Owing to their significant biosorption capacity to deactivate hazardous chemicals, macro-/microalgae are among the primary microorganisms that can be utilized for phytoremediation as a safe method for curtailing environmental pollution. In recent years, the use of algae to overcome environmental problems has advanced technologically, such as through synthetic biology and high-throughput phenomics, which is increasing the likelihood of attaining sustainability. As the research progresses, there is a promise for a greener future and the preservation of healthy ecosystems by using algae. They might act as a valuable tool in creating new products.

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: air / Algae / Aquatic Pollution / Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution / Bioremediation / Biosorption / carbon / Carbon neutrality / Contaminants / Contamination / Earth and Environmental Science / ecosystems / Ecotoxicology / Environment / Environmental Chemistry / Environmental Health / Environmental impact / GIS Applied to Soil-Agricultural Health for Environmental Sustainability / Human populations / humans / Inorganic contaminants / Microorganisms / Natural resources / phenomics / Phytoremediation / pollution / Pollution load / Resource exploitation / Resource utilization / soil / Soil contamination / Soil water / synthetic biology / Waste Water Technology / Wastewater treatment / Water Management / Water Pollution Control / xenobiotics