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It has come to light that certain bacteria may be able to ‘eat’ the hydrogen sulphide from geothermal power station steam emissions and thereby reduce pollution. The initial research results look promising, but scientists working at the Hellisheidi power station research lab in Iceland must carry out further research before releasing final results, RUV.is reports.

For the last two years, a small research station has been conducting the experiment at the Nesjavellir power station. In their experiments, scientists passed the geothermal emissions through ten litre containers of different sorts of bacteria to see which was best at removing the hydrogen sulphide.

Jakob K. Kristjansson, doctor of biochemistry, say that the initial findings suggest that bacteria could be useful in cleaning the emissions from geothermal power stations. But it has yet to be confirmed if the Read the full story