⚡️ Huge water battery to store excess energy
Switzerland has built a huge water battery to store surplus energy. The battery can store as much electricity as 400 000 electric car batteries.
🐚 Mussel shells become beautiful tile
Mussels that clog London’s water pipes are being turned into beautiful tiles.
🌸 Rare orchid thought to be extinct is rediscovered
Since 1902, a rare orchid has been thought to be extinct but now, botanists in Vermont have rediscovered a population of the flower.
🐳 150 Fin Whales spotted off Antarctica
The first observation of fin whales feeding en masse off Antarctica’s Elephant Island has been documented.
🚰 Filter uses moss to clean water
Students from Colombia have designed a filter that uses moss to capture microplastics and pollutants from water before you drink it.
🥦 Huge benefits from growing broccoli shaded by solar panels
Solar panels take up a lot of space and farmers usually want to grow crops on the surface where solar panels would work best. Now, scientists have found that a certain vegetable thrives in the shade from the panels. This vegetable is broccoli.
♻️ This plastic alternative breaks down into sugar
A new plant-based alternative to plastic has been designed by researchers from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne. The special thing about this product is that it decomposes into sugar.
🪸 Belize barrier reef comes back to life
A decade-long conservation project helps Belize’s coral reefs come back after the devastating hurricane Iris hit back in 2001.
🦜 Back from the brink of extinction: Spix's macaws
20 years ago, the last Spix’s Macaw was seen in the wild. Now the tide has turned. In a few days the bird will be reinstated in a reserve.