As the world’s natural resources dwindle because of increasing contamination and climate change, new and innovative strategies are needed to remediate and preserve the resources we have. From lakes to groundwater, soil to sediment, some microbes naturally function to remediate and restore.

Our scientists are applying systems ecology to develop new methods using microbes to improve Earth’s different environments, and this has a significant impact on enhancing  carbon sequestration which is essential to regulating climate, and on reducing excess nutrients such as nitrogen which can negatively impact waterways.

CESD researchers are also building on their expertise in microbial cycling of organic and inorganic compounds  for bioremediation and biotransformation.