ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Teenager and the Ocean Win Big with Microplastic Extraction Project

TECH & INNOVATION 08.14.2019 08:13 AM

An Irish teenager may have discovered a way to save our oceans from microplastics. Fionn Ferreira is an 18-year old from West Cork, Ireland who was recently awarded 50,000 dollars in educational funding by Google Science Fair for his project that successfully removes microplastics from water.

Scientist Attempts to Debunk the Growing Trend of Plant Neurology

08.13.2019 06:00 AM

Plant biologist says that plant consciousness is evolutionarily impossible. The field in which plants are believed to maintain a consciousness, self-awareness, and have the ability to feel things such as happiness or sorrow is called "plant neurology".

Magnetic Coils Created To Break Down Plastics In Ocean

08.13.2019 05:51 AM

There are more plastics in the ocean than the stars in the whole of the Milky Way galaxy. Nobody thought that the ocean would be filled with plastic that reached the depth of the ocean floors.

Banana Killing Fungus Reaches the Americas

08.12.2019 13:13 PM

After decades of confinement to the Eastern hemisphere, a deadly, banana killing fungus has made its way to Latin America.

Alaskan Sea Ice Has Melted Away

08.12.2019 06:12 AM

Alaska continues to experience an exceptional summer time and this time, it might not bring about good news to the rest of the world.

Death of A Tectonic Plate: How Could It Be Happening?

08.12.2019 06:08 AM

The volcanoes in central Oregon could be explained by a gaping hole in the Juan de Fuca plate. A dying tectonic plate is creating a gaping hole beneath the ocean waters off the West Coast of the United States.

Designers in Indonesia Propose to Build a Submersible Iceberg Factory to Help Bring Back the Icebergs

08.11.2019 07:17 AM

Proponents are hopeful that these submarine-like vessels would help pop out icebergs to rebuild the melting ice in the ocean, but experts have some questions.

Quantifying Sound Particles Through a Quantum Microphone

08.09.2019 05:34 AM

Scientists develop a method in measuring sound particles Imagine quantifying sound rather than light. This was done successfully by physicists from Stanford Univesrity who measured phonons, or individual sound particles, through a quantum microphone.

World Water Shortage Causes Extreme Water Stress

08.09.2019 05:32 AM

Nearly a quarter of the world’s population is suffering from water crisis and it is making the lives of people even more difficult.

Carbon Sucking Technology May Help Save The Planet

08.08.2019 08:25 AM

Humans have emitted more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that they have to think of ways to suck it out of the atmosphere for their survival.

Pacific Ocean May Be Causing Long-Term Droughts in the US

08.08.2019 08:25 AM

There’s only cracked mud along the shorelines of the Great Salt Lake, just a little outside Salt-Lake City.

Ambitious Environmental Goals May Be Benefiting US Businesses

08.08.2019 08:24 AM

More than half of the businesses in the US have pledge their commitment to renewable energy as a response to the worsening conditions of the climate.

Clean Energy Transition Can Save The World Millions

08.08.2019 08:21 AM

The cost of transitioning from fossil fuel to renewable energy resources could save the US government millions, if they do it now.

Coral Spawning Providing Aid To The Great Barrier Reef

08.08.2019 08:21 AM

A phenomenon of coral spawning at least twice a year is helping improve the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef, new discoveries say.

Google Promises Carbon-Neutral Shipping To Help Save The Environment

08.08.2019 08:20 AM

Google pledges to make its shipping packages more carbon-neutral and the use of recycled plastic materials for all its devices.

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