Moss that can Remove Lead from Water
Japanese Researchers have identified a moss (Funariahygrometrica) capable of absorbing ‘Lead’ from wastewater. According to the study, after 22 hours of exposure of moss to different concentrations of metals separately, mass spectrometer analysis showed that the moss cells had absorbed ‘lead’ up to 74 per cent of their dry weight, which is quite high and much higher than any of the other metals.
Significance of the Discovery
- Lead-contaminated water is a serious environmental concern that has disastrous impact when left untreated.
- Presently, removal of lead or other heavy metals from water requires fossil fuels and a tremendous amount of energy.
- This newly ....
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Bio–Diversity And Environment
- 1 Kirunji Flowers Bloom
- 2 Nilambur Teak
- 3 GI Tag for Alphonso Mango from Konkan
- 4 Bihar’s Shahi Litchi gets GI Tag
- 5 Cobra Lily
- 6 Sunderbans is Losing its Mangrove Forest
- 7 Musa paramjitiana
- 8 Retrotransposons
- 9 Gleadovia konyakianorum
- 10 Gandheli Rediscovered
- 11 New Plant Species Found in Western Ghats
- 12 Discovery of Nine Plants in Western Ghats
- 13 Red Data Book
- 14 Hornbill Watch Initiative
- 15 Black-necked Cranes
- 16 Two New Gecko Species Discovered
- 17 Rare Sub-species of Hog Deer
- 18 New Night Frog Species
- 19 New Ant Species Discovered in the Western Ghats
- 20 New Species of Large Gecko Discovered from Eastern Ghats
- 21 A New Snake found in Western Ghats
- 22 New Species of the Genus Nasikabatrachus
- 23 Zygaenid
- 24 Nilgiri Marten
- 25 Chiru Goat
- 26 Flamingo
- 27 Sawfish
- 28 Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
- 29 Snow Leopard
- 30 Rise in Population of Asiatic Lions
- 31 Survival Threat to Sher Mahi Fish
- 32 Climate Change Threatens Nilgiri Tahr
- 33 Celebration of World Wetlands Day at Deepor Beel in Assam
- 34 Floating Treatment Wetland
- 35 National Wildlife Action Plan
- 36 SECURE Himalaya
- 37 Nine more Bird, Biodiversity Areas in Kerala
- 38 Three New Sites Recognised as Biodiversity Hotspots in Goa
- 39 Orang Tiger Reserve
- 40 Conservation of Animals: Smaller Species are Neglected Lot
- 41 Illegal Wildlife Trade Restrictions Recognised
- 42 World’s Smallest Land Fern in Western Ghats
- 43 Nilgiri Hills
- 44 First Inter-State Tiger Translocation Project
- 45 Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (KBR)
- 46 Biodiversity of Manipur’s Loktak Lake under Threat
- 47 Ocean’s Dead Zones
- 48 Gene Banks of Wild Animals
- 49 Woolly Mammoths to be brought from the Dead
- 50 Kulik Bird Sanctuary
- 51 Agarwood Facing Extinction
- 52 Genes of Machhli to be Mapped
- 53 Eight Captive-Reared Vultures to be released with Tracking Devices
- 54 Just Six Sub-species of Tiges Remain
- 55 Odisha Beach is Asia’s first to get ‘Blue Flag’ Tag
- 56 Microbeads
- 57 Carbon Capture Utilization Storage (CCUS)
- 58 Bio-CNG
- 59 Furnace Oil and Pet Coke
- 60 Moss : A Cheap Pollution Monitor
- 61 Methanol as Cooking Fuel
- 62 National Air Quality Index (AQI)
- 63 Bharat Stage Norms
- 64 Chemicals in Firecrackers
- 65 Black Carbon
- 66 Sensor Network to Map and Predict Pollution, Effluents in Godavari
- 67 Soil Crisis in India
- 68 Global E-waste Monitor 2017
- 69 Ambient Air Quality Standards in India
- 70 Dust Mitigation Plan
- 71 National Aquifer Mapping Programme (NAQUIM)
- 72 Iron Ore Mining Leases in Goa
- 73 Uranium Contamination of Water
- 74 Protecting Bay of Bengal
- 75 Plastic Road Surfacing
- 76 Herbicide Glyphosate
- 77 Shale Oil or Gas Extraction by Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)
- 78 CFC-11 in Atmosphere
- 79 WAYU: New Device to Tackle Pollution
- 80 SATAT Initiative to Promote Compressed Bio-Gas
- 81 Cleaning the Ganga
- 82 Biomass Pellets
- 83 Clean Air is a Human Right: WHO
- 84 Formaldehyde in Fish
- 85 Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project
- 86 National Disaster Risk Index
- 87 Apps for Disaster Info
- 88 Classifications of Disasters
- 89 New Trend in Floods
- 90 Role of Water & Ecological Systems in Drought Resilience
- 91 Drought in Maharashtra
- 92 Development of Solar Cities
- 93 Questions in Parliament on Plastics
- 94 Tiger Extinction Risk
- 95 Joint Research Projects for Clean Water, Energy
- 96 SC Seeks Details of Green Funds
- 97 e-Mobility Programme
- 98 Law to Define a River’s Edge
- 99 Notification on Clean Fuel
- 100 Impact of Sand Mining and Alternatives to Sand
- 101 Kerala Floods and the Fragile Ecosystem of Western Ghats
- 102 eDNA
- 103 India Bans 18 Pesticides
- 104 Global Geopark Network Status
- 105 Eastern Ghats Face Loss of Forest Cover, Endemic Plants
- 106 Environmental Flows of Ganga
