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Wetland Exploration in India Reveals a Plastic-Eating Bacteria That Could Help Tackle Global Plastic Pollution

While investigating their local wetlands, an Indian university stumbled upon bacteria which could be used to break down plastics.

16/10/2019

Paris's Public Bike Sharing Schemes: Win or Fail for the Environment?

City-bike share schemes have long been touted as an eco-friendly form of urban mobility, part of the sustainability package of any modern city. But has Paris’s adoption made it a greener city? And does bike sharing in general have genuine…

30/09/2019

Smart Seeds and Drones Could Plant 10 Million Trees in Ten Years

Spanish ecopreneurs are turbo-charging reforestation efforts by combining drones and "smart seeds" to make the tree-planting process more efficient, faster and cheaper too.

03/09/2019

BioUrban: Artificial Trees Look to Clean Up the Air in Our Most Polluted Cities

Artificial trees, such as the BioUrban 2.0, could be the future of clean air in sprawling, densely urbanised areas.

28/08/2019

The Dutch Community Farm Looking to Tackle Climate Change By Reconnecting People with Food

In an attempt to promote sustainable, local agriculture, Dutch families are banding together to create new community farms based on age-old farming ideals.

21/08/2019

Kenyan Nature Reserve Opens World's First Lab Dedicated to Conservation Technology

Technological solutions are increasingly being used in the fight against poaching. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya has founded a brand new lab to build the next generation of digital conservation technology.

03/07/2019

UN17: "The world's most sustainable building project"

One of the world’s most innovative and ambitious construction projects is set to be built in Copenhagen: a housing development that implements every single one of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. 

13/06/2019

The Solar-Powered Super Sponge That Can Harvest Water From Thin Air

An innovative new water-harvesting hydrogel could offer lifesaving solution in emergency situations as well as providing clean water in drought-prone regions.

27/03/2019

Ice911: How Scattering Tiny Glass Beads Over the Arctic Could Help Restore Ice and Stabilise the Climate

One ambitious Silicon Valley project wants to help restore Arctic ice - and by doing so, reduce global temperatures - by flooding the region with tiny glass beads.

14/03/2019

Norwegian University Develops Stem Cell Noah's Ark to Save Extinct Species - and Make Burgers

A 'Frozen Farm' is in development to provide animal stem cells for synthetic meat and future conservation efforts.

05/03/2019

A New Form of Carbon Capture: CO2 Turned Into Coal, at Room Temperature

Carbon capture and sequestration via direct air methods - that is, from the ambient air rather than point sources - is a relatively new field in science. Even more so is turning that captured carbon into something stable - such as basalt rock.

27/02/2019