SMART USE OF SMARTPHONES
Each year, more than 1.2 billion smartphones are produced. That’s energy-intensive and consumes valuable natural resources. Now old smartphones have[…]
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PROTECTING AND PERFECTING PLANTS
When farmers apply pesticides to their crops, 30 to 50% end up in the air or soil, not on plants.[…]
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FABULOUS FUNDERS
Here’s praise for the wealthy funders of ways to deal with climate change: Jeff Bezos Bill and Melinda Gates Michael[…]
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SPLENDID SEA GRASS
Sea grass cultivation doesn’t require artificial fertilizers, pesticides, or fresh water, doesn’t emit CO2, stores carbon in the soil and[…]
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MARVELOUS NEW MATERIAL
A new class of nanostructured materials can pull water from the air, collect it in pores and release it onto[…]
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OYSTER OFFSET
Oyster farms in Ireland have been found to remove 228% more nutrients than they produce, providing coastal cleanup worth $2[…]
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MARVELOUS WORLD RIVER MAP
The most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offers a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk[…]
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POWER FROM THE RAIN
A new hybrid solar cell works in rainy weather by generating electricity from the movement of raindrops sliding on its[…]
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SUNTRAIN SUPERIORITY
SunTrain is designing a method to transport power by rail, moving containerized batteries between solar and wind farms in Colorado[…]
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KEEPING KELP FORESTS ALIVE
Dense forests of giant kelp absorb CO2 from surface waters, produce oxygen, and provide food and shelter to many marine[…]
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