Dans la région du lac Kivu (RLK), la conservation des sols est confrontée à des défis liés à l’explosion démographique, à la déforestation, à l’érosion des sols, aux inondations et à l’accès limité aux ressources de sols.

Soils of the Western European loess belt are intensively cultivated and particularly prone to runoff and soil erosion. Besides threatening soil resources, overland flows cause muddy floods that damage infrastructure downstream and pollute water bodies by transferring nutrients and pesticides.

The world's ocean currents can transport material like plastic over vast scales, connecting waste generated on one continent to impacts on another. Yet, it seems most plastic pollution found at any particular location is relatively local, often originating from within the same country.

Her team focuses on microbiological processes that remove contaminants or provide high-value chemicals to society.

Soils are complex ecosystems affected by various contaminants, including trace elements and pesticides. Despite their low environmental concentration, trace elements pose important risks to human and ecosystem health due to their toxicity and their mobility that is influenced by complex formation with organic compounds.

In ‘The Descent of Man’, published in 1871, Charles Darwin proposed a synthetic theory of the human biological and cultural evolution, but some of his most remarkable ideas were lost as the social sciences and life sciences became separate disciplines.