Climate Change
New mega containers to cut shipping emissions
Danish firm Maersk has signed a deal to produce 10 of the world’s largest ships, which they say will save fuel and lower emissions. They will be 400m long and 73m tall. These container ships will only be marginally longer [...]
Altering the CO2 ocean sequestration process for our own benefit
The oceans contain around 36,000 gigatons of carbon, mostly in the form of bicarbonate ion. Carbon is readily exchanged between the atmosphere and ocean. In regions of oceanic upwelling, carbon is released to the atmosphere. Conversely, regions of downwelling transfer [...]
Glowing tress replace glowing lamps
The golden glow of street lights could soon be replaced by the green fluorescence of tree leaves. Scientists from the Academia Sinica and the National Cheng Kung University in Taipei and Tainan have implanted glowing, sea urchin shaped gold nanoparticles, [...]
World carbon emissions will increase in 2010
In 2009 and as a consequence of the economic meltdown global carbon dioxide emissions fell to 31.3 billion tonnes in the first year-on-year decline in this decade. But in 2010 world economy is modestly recovering and then emissions are increasing [...]
The telepresence revolution saves emissions and money
It’s a simple decision for your boss. Staying at the office instead of traveling is a good choice for his business budget, but it’s a better choice for our planet. A new study has unveiled the numbers that are behind [...]
After trying 25 times, here is the greener car
It is not the most beautiful car in the world. That’s for sure. But it is one of the most ecofriendly city cars you will find in the streets. At first sight it might look like a toy: a 51 [...]
Can cooling down the planet heat up the economy?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US government, the national unemployment rate, last October, rose to 10.2%, the highest one since April 1983. Unemployment means wanting to work and not finding a job. It may mean [...]
Next year’s Winter Olympics will offset all CO2 emissions
Next year, Winter Olympics will take place in Vancouver, Canada, and organizers are planning for the event to be carbon neutral. Greenhouse gas emissions of the Olympics are considered both direct and indirect. Direct emissions will approximately sum up to [...]
Is the internet sustainable?
The internet is undeniably one of the greatest inventions of recent times. For many of us, it would be very difficult to imagine everyday life without this tool, and it would be unthinkable for those of us who have been [...]
