Six Incredible and Unusual Eco-Innovations
Scientists and designers are reimagining how our world works in delightfully different and sustainable ways.
Fourth of July scorched and set a record as the hottest day on Earth
It was a real firecracker of a Fourth.
Our planet recorded its highest ever global temperature Monday at the mark of 62.6 degrees — only to be broken the next day on the Fourth of July at 62.9 degrees, the Climate Change Institute reported.
‘Be very worried’: Gulf Stream collapse could spark global chaos by 2025
New research warns that the collapse of air currents intertwined with the Gulf Stream could happen as soon as 2025, leaving “severe impacts on the climate in the North Atlantic region.”
Nigerian designer Adejoke Lasisi is turning plastic water sachets into high fashion
At only nine years old, Adejoke Lasisi began learning to weave aso-oke under the watchful eyes of her mother. It would take her another 15 years to master this traditional handwoven fabric of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. But as the young entrepreneur explains it, by the time she left university she had a useful source of income – and a great way to make new friends.
Watching Snow Melt to Understand Our Climate
Snow melting isn’t just a sign of spring for the researchers on the Snow ALbedo eVOlution (SALVO) field campaign. Instead, it is a subject of intense scientific inquiry. With the support of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility, they track how the tundra and sea ice in the Arctic change from season to season.
DOE funds next-generation Center for Bioenergy Innovation at ORNL to advance renewable jet fuel
Newswise — The Center for Bioenergy Innovation has been renewed by the Department of Energy as one of four bioenergy research centers across the nation to advance robust, economical production of plant-based fuels and chemicals. CBI, led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is focused on the development of nonfood biomass crops and specialty processes for the production of sustainable jet fuel to help decarbonize the aviation sector.
Piloting Future Fuels: Calvin Mukarakate Sees a Problem, Solves a Problem
He was in fifth grade, growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe, when his older brother brought home a VCR and a videotape of the blockbuster film Short Circuit (1986). Its robot protagonist, Number 5, becomes sentient, escapes a lab, makes friends, and gallivants around Astoria, Oregon, evading its creators.
House Paint Has a Microplastic Problem
When Spanish paint company Graphenstone launched a collaboration with Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum in April, it took inspiration from objects in the museum’s collection—from the off-white in Rossetti’s 1879 painting The Day Dream to the maple wood used by violin maker Antonio Stradivari. The 16 shades also had something else in common: Each paint is made with long-lasting graphene instead of plastic.
Inside an Adidas Veteran’s Plan to Make Sneakers Free From Plastic
For a good chunk of his 20-year tenure at Adidas AG, Eric Liedtke thought about Kanye West. Named head of global brands at the German company in 2014, Liedtke worked alongside the rapper and designer, now known as Ye, to build Adidas’ Yeezy label into a billion-dollar business.
Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse
Fluchthorn in the Silvretta Alps is now around 60 feet (19 m) shorter than it was before — and more mountains are expected to follow suit as temperatures thaw the permafrost holding them together.
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