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Dutch city swaps asphalt for trees to adapt to climate change
Arnhem in the Netherlands has made a 10-year plan to re-landscape the city to cope with extreme flooding and heatwaves from climate change
Joseph Shavit
Aug 4, 2020


The Great Green Wall Of Africa: Is This The Next Wonder Of The World?
This is where the Great Green Wall comes in, a project that could save an entire region from ecological collapse.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2020


Can airplanes go green?
Val Miftakhov flew Europe’s largest commercial-grade all-electric passenger plane last month
Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2020


Engineers Have Found a Way to Make More Durable Roads Out of Old Tyres And Rubble
Producing something useful out of waste materials that would otherwise be discarded is the ideal scenario
Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2020


How farmers are harnessing solar power and smart techniques to work the land
Fundu has employed a technique which uses “dead level contours” to harvest rainwater.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2020


The long road to clean energy innovation
Scaling up technologies key to combating climate change will take between 18 years to more than 100, the IEA found in a recent report
Joseph Shavit
Aug 2, 2020


Engineering researchers harness wind data to help meet energy needs in Florida
A new study from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering shows how upcoming technological advances could make wind energy a hot commodity in FL.
Joseph Shavit
Jul 31, 2020


North Atlantic Climate Far More Predictable Following Major Scientific Breakthrough
A team of scientists, led by UK Met Office, has achieved a scientific breakthrough allowing the longer-term prediction of North Atlantic
Joseph Shavit
Jul 31, 2020


How quantum computers could help tackle big climate change challenges
[July 29, 2020: UJ City News] By 2025, quantum computing “will have outgrown its infancy”, with commercialization stimulating a...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 30, 2020


All Aboard! Four Innovations Set to Revolutionize Rail Travel
[July 29, 2020: Red Herring] COVID-19 isn’t making much run fast—not least the productivity of tech journalists. But it might just push...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 30, 2020


Congress Passes the Great American Outdoors Act.
[July 22, 2020: NRDC] Congress today passed the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), a critical step to sustaining nature and everyone’s...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 23, 2020


Greta Thunberg pledges to donate 1 million euros in prize money
[July 21, 2020: CBS News] Greta Thunberg has pledged to donate 1 million euros – more than $1.14 million – in prize money. The...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 21, 2020


Cargill commits to restoring 600 billion liters of water by 2030
[July 21, 2020: Cargill Inc.] Reliable access to clean water is essential for people and agriculture. Increasingly, poor water...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 21, 2020


Lasers etch an efficient way to address global water crisis
[July 13, 2020: University of Rochester] Solar-based water purification is much more effective at reducing contaminants than simply...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 16, 2020


Hydrogen May Be The Crucial ‘Jigsaw’ Piece For Green Microgrids.
[July 12, 2020: Forbes] “In the last decade, renewable energy sources have been transforming the microgrid landscape, consequently...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 13, 2020


Coronavirus: How can we make post-pandemic cities smarter?.
[July 11, 2020: BBC] As cities start to wake up from the so-called anthropause, questions are being being asked about how we can improve...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 13, 2020


'Lab in a suitcase' could hold the key to safer water and sanitation for millions
[July 13, 2020: Newcastle University] Using smaller versions of specialist equipment found in microbiology labs, the new 'lab in a...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 13, 2020


Ecosia (search engine) users have planted 100 million trees: a milestone and a beginning!
[July 11, 2020: Ecosia.org] We've just planted our 100 millionth tree! In just ten years, an improbable idea has grown into a global...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 12, 2020


Electric pickups are on the way, promising everything from bulletproofing to drinking fountains
[July 9, 2020: Business Insider] Electric pickup trucks are expected to flood the car market over the next couple of years, and many of...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 9, 2020


Applying rock dust to croplands could absorb up to 2 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere
[July 8, 2020: University of Sheffield] Adding crushed rock dust to farmland could draw down up to two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 9, 2020
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