Japan holds first world championship of competitive rubbish collection
Japan on Wednesday held the first world championship of a unique homegrown competition of rubbish collection.
23/11/2023 The Independent
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This Moroccan startup is growing crops in the desert
Sand to Green is working to transform patches of desert into sustainable and profitable plantations.
22/11/2023 CNN
Sails and satellite navigation could cut shipping industry's emissions by up to a third
In the vast expanse of the world’s oceans, a transformation is underway. The international shipping sector, made up of thousands of massive cargo ships laden with many of the goods we buy, emits carbon dioxide (CO₂) roughly equivalent to the entire…
21/11/2023 The Conversation
Carbon-dioxide-removal options are multiplying
In what used to be a fish-processing plant in Akranes, a small port in Iceland, fragments of seaweed rise and fall in glass columns lit by leds. Running Tide, the Maine-based company which runs the facility, is trying to work out how best to get…
20/11/2023 Economist
Magic touch: how ‘revolutionary’ changes are making braille better than ever
Blind from birth, Graeme Innes can’t remember the last time he sat down to read a book in braille. Instead, he listens to audiobooks.
19/11/2023 The Guardian
Suck carbon from the air? US facility launches novel climate solution
Inside a vast new warehouse in the California town of Tracy, tall towers of trays containing a gray powder are stacked in neat rows.
19/11/2023 The Guardian
Battery breakthrough brings ‘unprecedented performance’ to next-gen cells
A battery breakthrough made by researchers in Japan could pave the way for next-generation batteries to finally enter mass production. A team from Tokyo University of Science discovered a way to build sodium-ion batteries with an equivalent…
17/11/2023 The Independent
Sweden opens state-of-the-art plant for sorting plastics for recycling
Sweden has opened a new state-of-the-art plastic sorting facility, the largest of its kind and big enough to receive all plastic packaging waste generated from Swedish households
15/11/2023 The Independent
Glass-infused paint offers cooling breakthrough
Researchers have come up with a new form of glass-infused paint that they claim can reduce vast amounts of electricity used by air-conditioning units.
15/11/2023 The Independent
