Environment
🚢 Ocean Cleanup launches a floating garbage truck that will clean rivers from plastics
Around 8.8 million tons of plastic enter the world’s oceans each year — the equivalent of a truckload of garbage every minute. Over time, this trash can accumulate in offshore garbage patches andlinger there for decades [https://www.businessinsider.com/ocean-cleanup-plastic-pacific-garbage-patch-2019-9] . For the last six years, a nonprofit called
🐠 3D-printed coral offer new hope for endangered reefs
Struggling reef life could soon get a boost from prefab homes. 3-D printed condos for fish on the reef! In their ongoing work [https://www.cnet.com/news/3d-printed-coral-reef-condos-get-2-fins-up-from-fish/] , researchers are now analyzing field data from Fiji, where they have deployed the 3D-printed coral made from biodegradable cornstarch filaments after
Humpback whales have returned from the brink of extinction
🐳 Humpback whales in the Southwest Atlantic almost became extinct, but the numbers are now almost back to where they started a hundred years ago. 🐋 It was estimated that some 27,000 humpbacks frequented the southwest Atlantic at the start of the 20th century, but due to intensive commercial whaling, those
✈️ KLM Airlines - Seeking To Lead the Industry Toward Climate-Minded Travel
The oldest airline in existence, KLM, is building the world’s largest biofuel plant in the Netherlands. Last week, KLM celebrated its 100th birthday. However, rather than celebrating the past, they are looking towards the future by doubling-down on its commitment to making the airline industry cleaner and smarter. Faced
🐋 This new app could save whales in Puget Sound from boat strikes
There’s one thing in the sea that’s bigger than whales: boats. And unfortunately every once in a while, a boat strikes a whale, causing serious injury or even death. Every time this happens is a tragedy and to decrease these incidents, and eventually stop them from happening altogether,
☀️ A former landfill in Maryland becomes the perfect site for a community solar farm
Solar power is an effective way of producing clean, renewable, energy, but finding the space for large solar farms, especially in populated areas, can be a challenge. Fortunately for the residents of Prince George’s County, Maryland, they already had a large area of land unsuitable for development yet perfect
♳ French startup can recycle any old plastic and turn it into virgin plastic again
The problem with traditional recycling is that you degrade the material each time you do it. That’s why a France-based startup called Carbios is taking an entirely new approach. Using a bioreactor, the startup is taking pulverized PET plastic waste—the kind of plastic found in drink bottles and
🌎 Machine Learning vs. Climate Change: AI for the Greener Good
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Despite increasing global consensus about the urgency of reducing emissions since the 1980s, they continue to rise relentlessly. We look to technology to deliver us from climate change, preferably without sacrificing economic growth. Our optimistic—some would say
CCS and DAC - capture and store carbon dioxide
Researchers believe that today there is already too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and that this amount will also increase, even if we were to stop all of our emissions completely. There are several solutions to this, where extensive forestry is central, but there are also a number of