Initial choices about fertilization and grass seeding could have a long-lasting effect on how plants and their associated microbes break down pollution in petroleum-contaminated soils, a research team ...

The previous research began in 1995, when scientists created test plots of petroleum contaminated soil. On some plots, they planted grass. On others, they added fertilizer to the soil.

Beach erosion has exposed dangerous chemicals near a former defense site. It’s the same strand that just reopened in June ...

The DHHS issued the following press release on Tuesday, August 5, regarding the temporary expansion of the closure along a ...

Part of a beach at the Outer Banks is closing again because of ongoing problems from a former submarine monitoring site, ...

A half mile of beach along North Carolina’s Outer Banks is closed to swimming after the National Park Service detected a ...

A section of beach along North Carolina’s Outer Banks has been closed to swimming due to a petroleum leak believed to ...

Heavy surf has exposed contaminated soil near a former defense site in Buxton, leading to another beach closure after odors ...

Partridge Island soil is contaminated Estimated 35,000 cubic metres of soil on the island contaminated Connell Smith · CBC News · Posted: Mar 21, 2016 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: March 21, 2016 ...

Reference: Papik J, Strejcek M, Musilova L, et al. Legacy effects of phytoremediation on plant-associated prokaryotic communities in remediated subarctic soil historically contaminated with petroleum ...