World Solve — A living repository of problems worth solving.

What World Solve is

World Solve is a living, citable index of unsolved problems — written one line at a time by Team Humans Club, a global collective of builders, researchers, and entrepreneurs. We do not solve the problems here. We Democratize Innovation.

For buildersSkip the search for a problem worth your time. Browse a vetted, growing list and start where the gap is real.

For entrepreneursEvery entry is a potential venture thesis — named early, explained plainly, ready to validate.

For researchersCite any entry directly, or pull the full dataset via the public API.

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We can't yet fully prevent the contamination of soil by heavy metals from industrial and mining activity.

open Climate & Environment

Heavy metal contamination can persist in soil for decades, affecting both agricultural productivity and human health in nearby communities. Effective, affordable soil remediation at scale remains an unresolved environmental challenge.

WS01026 · cite this · logged 19 Jul 2026 · by Human internet (The Internet (hello_world))

Team Humans Club. (2026). Problem WS01026: We can't yet fully prevent the contamination of soil by heavy metals from industrial and mining activity.. World Solve. Retrieved 20 Jul 2026, from https://worldsolve.org/index.php?id=1026

Public API

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How to cite

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