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The greatest climate strike the world has ever seen is happening today
We’ve been covering the Youth Climate Strikes for the last few weeks and marveled at how quickly it’s grown. In just a matter of months, the solo protest of then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg outside the Swedish parliament last Fall has grown into a massive global movement. But never has the Read More...
These artificial plants make sure urban insects have enough food to survive
Insects need a little love. They currently face a multitude of different threats, from pesticides and climate change to invasive species and the spread of deforestation. All of these things are taking such a toll on insect populations that as many as 40 percent of all species may be endangered in Read More...
The world might finally make use of graphene’s amazing abilities in a few months
In recent years there's been a lot of fuss about graphene’s marvel-like abilities and how it could make our world much more efficient, but until recently, scientists haven’t actually been able to wrap their heads around a way to produce the material on a commercial scale. A recent University of Read More...
Seaweed is here to join the fight against plastic straw pollution
It hurts just writing this, but an estimated 8 million tons of plastic garbage that ends up in our oceans annually, plastic straws contribute a great deal to this. Thankfully, innovative ideas on how to deal with this growing issue keep on coming. The latest comes from a startup called Loliware, Read More...
A distillery in California is making carbon-negative spirits
Do you ever think about how your happy hour is affecting the environment? Manufacturing alcohol in the United States creates harmful carbon dioxide that can wreck the earth’s system of natural resources, and a massive amount of the materials needed to package and distribute alcohol (bottles, Read More...
Wind energy alone provided half of Germany's power last week
With Germany getting set to give coal the boot by 2038, its renewables are proving to be more than capable of mitigating the country’s dependence on fossil fuels. Just last week, thanks to strong gusts, wind energy provided half of the country's energy. Together with solar panels and other clean Read More...
Women in Charge: Bringing Balance into the Workplace and the World
BY: Samantha Moser & Kristina Jansen In the aftermath of the financial crisis that shook the United States and global markets in 2008, a panel of financial experts gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and debated whether the collapse was associated with masculine, Read More...
Finland to phase out coal completely within the next decade
Finland pledged to eliminate its reliance on coal by 2030, but now the Nordic country has changed its mind. Instead, the Finnish government has pushed through a motion to complete the coal ban a year earlier. Now we know what you’re thinking: just one year? What’s the big deal? While it may not Read More...
The inventor of Roomba designed a subaquatic robot to hunt invasive lionfish
While the lionfish may look spectacular, this venomous fish is a disaster for marine ecosystems. In the Bahamas alone, the invasive lionfish will eat 72 different species, far more than any other local predator; a single lionfish in a coral reef can reduce native reef fish by 79 percent. Reducing Read More...
You have to see Lake Berryessa’s ‘glory hole’ in action
When the water of Lake Berryessa, the largest lake in California’s Napa County, is low, a strange concrete tower rises up above the lake’s surface. It’s just about the only abnormal thing you’ll see there on any given day. But when the water is high, it turns into an enormous, mesmerizing Read More...