Environment
Made of Air
The new start-up project, Made of Air, is a revolutionary new material which both removes already existing CO2 from the atmosphere and contributes to a more sustainable future.
🖼 Public art is to clean the air in cities
Murals clean the city air at the same time as they convey positive messages.
🐛 Another insect can help us with the plastic problem
The larva of a beetle has been shown to be able to live off and break down polystyrene plastic, colloquially called styrofoam.
🐘 Twice as many elephants now in Kenya, compared to 30 years ago
Through a successful effort against poaching, Kenya has succeeded in increasing the number of elephants in the country.
♻ Circularity is near
Sweden has hammered out a new strategy for the circular economy. It is a welcome and long-awaited holistic view of sustainable resource management throughout the body of society.
🌴 Small trees can save the rainforest during dry periods
Small trees are better at handling drought than large ones and can preserve the rainforest even if drought kills many large trees.
🐯 The number of tigers is increasing in five countries
Successful protection measures in India, China, Nepal, Bhutan and Russia give hope to the tiger.
🌎 Satellite data to enable real-time tracking of all the world’s carbon emissions
The recently launched ‘Climate TRACE’ coalition is building a tool to track emissions worldwide. The tool is to be launched in time for the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow next year.
🌾 Rock dust - a fantastic solution to several environmental issues
Scientists have found dust from basalt rock to be a fantastic solution to several environmental issues. At the same time resulting in more nutritious crops.