HELPFUL – Our Fragile Earth

CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONSTRUCTION

Construction materials like concrete and plastic could lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide. While bio-based plastics could take[…]

A new method extracts gold from electronics waste, then uses the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon[…]

One way to increase solar cell efficiency is to change their chemical makeup. Current cells use silicon, a long-lasting inorganic[…]

A new material for high density data storage can be erased and recycled in a more efficient and sustainable way,[…]

Currently solar panels are vulnerable to high-wind events, with possible structural collapse and failures. Tracking mounts that rotate the panels[…]

New molecules have been synthesized to quickly capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air. Focus was on titanium[…]

Spraying clay dust on the ocean’s surface could convert carbon into food for trillions of zooplankton (microscopic sea creatures) to[…]

Breach of the Thwaites Glacier would allow warmer ocean waters to melt the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and raise sea[…]

Buildings and construction are responsible for about two fifths of all global carbon emissions. Concrete and steel alone account for[…]