This RSS news feed from uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes articles about Stuart Strand (sstrand@u.washington.edu). http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByExpertID&personID=1995 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2010 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:26:13 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The most common contaminant at Superfund sites is the industrial solvent trichloroethylene. Experimental poplar plants, several inches tall and growing in a solution laced with trichloroethylene, were able break down, or metabolize, the pollutant into harmless byproducts at rates 100 times that of the control plants. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37313 Science Environment Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37313 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:49:59 GMT Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues - the stalks and such left after harvesting - and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations. That is a significant amount of carbon, the process can be accomplished with existing technology and it can be done year after year, according to a University of Washington researcher. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46723 Environment Science Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46723 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:30:00 GMT