Image of This massive ocean cleaning system from a 21-year-old inventor will launch next year. The Ocean Cleanup, developing technologies to extract, prevent and intercept plastic pollution
This massive ocean cleaning system from a 21-year-old inventor will launch next year. The Ocean Cleanup, developing technologies to extract, prevent and intercept plastic pollution
theoceancleanup.com link posted by 1049 days ago in environment
Back in 2011, then 16-year-old Boyan Slat, together with a friend started studying oceanic plastic pollution, and the problems associated with cleaning it up, whilst doing a high school science proje...
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Climate And Truth: A Tale Of Immorality?
wattsupwiththat.com link posted by 1260 days ago in environment
The most recent aberration of climate science is the apparent cherry picking of ocean temperature data by government scientists, Richard Feely and Christopher Sabine. The objective is not to determ...
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Image of You won't find the 300 MPG Volkswagen XL1 in an American showroom; in fact it has even been denied a tour of America because it is too efficient
You won't find the 300 MPG Volkswagen XL1 in an American showroom; in fact it has even been denied a tour of America because it is too efficient
jimstonefreelance.com link posted by 1531 days ago in environment
I hesitated to post the link to REALITY: 300 mpg from a normal production car - the Volkswagen XL1 because it was difficult to verify the claim about being denied entrance into the US (especially g...
Image of A new material can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spilled oil and then be squeezed out like a sponge and reused, raising hopes for easier clean-up of oil spill sites
A new material can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spilled oil and then be squeezed out like a sponge and reused, raising hopes for easier clean-up of oil spill sites
newscientist.com link posted by 469 days ago in environment
A new foam material could be the first good reusable method to recover spilled oil, and would be much better for the environment: A new material can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spill...
Image of Earth Temperature Timeline - A Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature Since the Last Ice Age Glaciation
Earth Temperature Timeline - A Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature Since the Last Ice Age Glaciation
xkcd.com link posted by 645 days ago in environment
When people say "the climate has changed before," these are the kinds of changes they're talking about.
Image of Awkward: UN Said Global Warming Would Destroy Nations By 2000. We are now living 15 years after the global warming apocalypse. Image that.
Image of Stanford scientists develop water splitter that runs on ordinary AAA battery
Stanford scientists develop water splitter that runs on ordinary AAA battery
news.stanford.edu link posted by 1396 days ago in environment
Hongjie Dai and colleagues have developed a cheap, emissions-free device that uses a 1.5-volt battery to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen gas could be used to power fuel cells in zer...