An Amsterdam-based German artist, Diana Scherer has created a patterned root material that can be used to capture carbon. After the long-term experiment on grounded plant parts with plant biologists at Radboud University in Nijmegen to understand the core systems, she has perfected the process
Hanging over a thick canopy of trees, you might find a sloth hanging around and inching slowly in the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Swinging over a 100-foot long steel cable, this creature is very lethargic. But the intention of it is more than just hanging around
A french ocean adventurer and a team of engineers have designed the Manta yacht, which works by using plastic waste as fuel. The leader of this project, Yvan Bourgnon has years of experience in racing sailing boats. To his dismay, he noticed a steady rise
Every year, billions of tons of plastic waste are dumped into landfills and in oceans that have immensely polluted the ecosystem. Now SLO Architecture has found an innovative way to make use of plastic waste. It has built a Turntable dome in New Jersey by
Solar energy has become a necessary renewable energy resource as the world aims to reduce the usage of fossil fuels. Solar Mountain by Mumbai architecture firm NUDES is a permanent installation, which has been designed to potentially power the 3,800-acre ranch of Burning Man with
Progressing toward the mission to clean water, a team of Chinese researchers developed a highly efficient, solar-powered desalination device that can produce freshwater from seawater. To date, freshwater scarcity is one of the serious issues that is threatening the development of society in many regions.
The world is working hard to dig renewable energy sources and the findings of a recent study might have given a solution. This study stated that underwater volcanoes have the potential to produce energy to power an entire continent. The underwater volcanoes release immense force,
The Orbital Marine Power has recently launched a 2-megawatt tidal turbine named the Orbital O2, which is the world’s most powerful operational tidal turbine. During the launch, this 680-ton tidal turbine was transferred from the Forth Ports quayside facility in Dundee into the River Tay
Marching towards its mission to clean up floating plastic waste from the ocean, The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization has introduced a new, third-generation interceptor that they claim is going to clean up the ocean more efficiently. First introduced in 2019, the interceptor is powered
Many islands, villages, and tribes across the world still lack access to electricity. After the sun goes down, light is usually emitted from kerosene lamps. Despite being cheap, it can cause fire hazards that are bad for the environment and human health. Created as a