Designed by Studio Gang, an architecture company, The Populus is a hotel built in Denver, Colorado, and the first of this type in the US: it’s not just carbon neutral, but carbon positive! The exterior of the Populus, as well as the name from the scientific name for the aspen […]
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New California Law Requires Grocery Stores to Donate the Edible Food Waste
A new law came into effect in California in January this year. It’s aimed to help out the people directly affected by rising food insecurity and lower the emissions of greenhouse gases. To this extent, rather than throwing away the expired or unused food, Senate Bill 1383 requires grocery stores […]
Earth Is Getting a Mysterious Black Box that Will Record the Downfall of the Human Civilization
An indestructible black box built on a granite plain on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia will record every step of humanity toward a climate disaster and will serve as data for the next civilization to learn the reasons for humanity’s demise, explains the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. This project is […]
Climate-Resilient Corals Offer Hope for the World’s Reefs: They Are Able to Cope with 2 Degrees C of Global Warming
In a recent study, the two of the most omnipresent species of reef-building corals were found able to survive and cope with climate change and the rise of temperature. They were found to do it at least so long as the warming is under 2 degrees C, a target placed […]
Scotland Aims to Save Wild Salmon by Planting Millions of Trees along Rivers
Scotland’s remotest rivers and streams will have millions of trees planted nearby so that wild salmon is protected from the disastrous effects of climate change. Scientists have concluded that rivers and burns in the uplands and Highlands are too warm in the summertime for the wild Atlantic salmon as they […]
California Installs Solar Panels Over a Canal to Prevent a Major Supply of Water to Evaporate
According to data, the west of the US is in the worst megadrought in the last 1,200 years. The groundwater supplies are overpumped in numerous areas and the wildfires, dryness, and declining water supplies make climate change a personal issue for so many people. Engineers have therefore been working together […]
First Coral IVF “Babies” on the Great Barrier Reef Have Produced the Next Generation
The first-ever coral IVF babies on the Great Barrier Reef produced the next generation. This happened as part of the mass coral spawning event of 2021 and became the first breeding population of the Reef through the innovative process which is pioneered by a coral specialist from the Southern Cross […]
Solar-Powered Desalination Device Turns Sea Water into Fresh Water for 400,000 People
Turning seawater into drinkable water is usually an expensive and polluting process. But Climate Fund Manager and Solar Water Solutions may have a revolutionary solution on the way. Their invention has no carbon footprint and may change this process forever. Solar-Powered Devices Desalinate Sea Water into Fresh Water The two […]
These Crops Are Going Extinct due to Climate Change
We’ve all seen those heartbreaking photos of emaciated polar bears in the Arctic, slumped at ice platforms-they’re the perfect depiction of global warming. But bears aren’t the only ones that suffer from the increase in temperatures. In fact, a lot of plants, including some of our favorite crops, seem to […]
Devastating News: The Amazon Rainforest Is Releasing more Carbon than it Absorbs
The Amazon rainforest is the key to the health of our planet. For decades, campaigns have been organized by conservationist groups to save this essential terrain. But the problems that the rainforest is facing aren’t stopping. On the contrary, they seem to be getting worse. The rainforest got back into […]