REDUCING GARBAGE GENERATION
Global garbage generation could nearly double between 2015 and 2050. It accounts for 8% of human-caused methane emissions. Only about[…]
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MANAGING DISCARDED MASKS
It’s estimated that 1.56 million facemasks entered the oceans in 2020. Around 75% of the ones used during the Pandemic[…]
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FLOUNDERING FISH
By 2080 around 70% of the world’s oceans could be suffocating from a lack of oxygen, potentially impacting marine ecosystems[…]
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SEAWATER BATTERY SAVIOR
Buoy photo: Girma Nigusse Rechargeable seawater batteries (SWBs) are fire safe, environmentally benign, and less expensive than lithium-ion batteries. They[…]
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MORE PROBLEMATIC THAWING PERMAFROST
With rising temperatures, thawing Arctic permafrost could be emitting greenhouse gases from previously unaccounted-for carbon stocks. Particularly affected is so-called[…]
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PLASTICS’ SUGAR SOLUTION
Starting with sugars, sustainable plastics have been made that perform as well, or even better, than commonly available plastics, are[…]
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REPREHENSIBLE RESOURCE
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s “Natural gas and the environment” page, “Natural gas is a relatively clean burning[…]
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BETTER EV BATTERIES
Photo: a rubber tree Electric vehicles (EVs) need cost-effective, safer, longer-lasting batteries that won’t explode during use or harm the[…]
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CURRENT BOMB CYCLONE
Photo taken from my balcony shows the lake in front of me this morning during a whiteout. The snow is[…]
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CUTTING SOLAR COSTS
Conn Center researchers at the University of Louisville have created the CuBert™ paste which replaces expensive silver with affordable and[…]
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