Environment
🐝 Pakistan’s honey production increases by 70% thanks to Billion Tree Project
The Billion Tree project, launched in 2018, is an ambitious country-wide effort in Pakistan to plant 10 billion trees over a 5-year span. The project has already led to the planting of hundreds of thousands of trees, resulting in a huge boost in bee populations.
♻️ Majority of plastic recyclables in Halifax being turned into synthetic lumber
Halifax, Nova Scotia's unique arrangement with an innovative company is turning 80% of the city's recyclable plastics into lumber
🐬 The world's oceans can be healthy and full of life again until 2050
We can recover most of the damage we have caused to life in the sea over the last 100 years. This is the conclusion that researchers from 16 universities in 10 countries draw in a new report.
🌬️ Ozone hole closing help southern jet stream return to normal
The ozone hole is the smallest on record since its discovery, which helps the jet stream to return to normal.
💚 New concrete creates living moss walls that absorb pollution
Moss in cities can absorb pollution and clean the air. But it is difficult to grow in the metropolitan areas. Spanish researchers have now developed a concrete in which the moss can grow.
🦏 Poaching of rhinos has decreased sharply thanks to new technical equipment
The poaching of rhino has almost completely stopped in Kenya, thanks to a conscious investment in new technology.
🐢 Animals and plants thrive underneath solar panels
According to new research, both animals and crops in arid climates benefit from the shade produced by solar panels.
⌨️ Microsoft will capture all CO2 it's ever emitted
By 2030 the company will draw more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than it puts in, and be carbon negative. By 2050 all emissions they have caused since 1975 will be captured.
✈️ JetBlue is going carbon-neutral in 2020 — the first major US airline to do so
Earlier this month, JetBlue announced that it will begin offsetting carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) from jet fuel for all domestic flights starting in July 2020, making it the first major U.S. airline to take this step towards reducing its contribution to global warming.