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Breakthrough Might Finally Destroy the Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Our Water
FAS, a group of manufactured chemicals commonly used since the 1940s, are called ‘forever chemicals’ for a reason. Bacteria can’t eat them; fire can’t...
Floating Drones Are Swallowing Tons of Plastic Waste Before it Reaches Ocean
From Chennai to Trentino alto Adige to Baltimore, inventors are churning out methods of stopping plastic pollution from entering the ocean by picking it...
Enzyme Discovered in a Cemetery’s Compost Heap Can Break Down PET Plastic in Record Time
PET plastic bottles, food containers, and lightweight wrap for packaging have become a problem if they're not recycled—but scientists searching through compost piles have...
Acres of Toxic Chemicals and Rusting Cars Becomes National Park After Amazing Transformation
When President Gerald Ford signed a bill creating Cuyahoga National Recreation Area in Ohio in 1974, the boundaries of the site deliberately included a...
Divers Recover 12 Tons of Trash From Lake Tahoe –Along With Engagement Rings and Wallets
A scuba dive team has completed an extraordinary clean-up of Lake Tahoe after a full year of work, pulling up more than 12 tons...
Bronx Housing Complex Comes With Giant Machine Stomach to Turn All Food Waste Into Fertilizer
A new community housing development in the Bronx will feature a cool piece of kit: an on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds...
Hundreds of US Cities Composting Their Food Waste Helps Farmers and Cuts Tons of Emissions
Last week, new water restrictions issued for millions of residents of Southern California highlighted the need to make agriculture more efficient—and a new statewide...
New Lightweight Material From MIT Scientists is Stronger Than Steel and as Light as Plastic
Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and...
After Asking His Neighbor to ‘Take His Trash Bin Out’ – He Received a Photo Shoot of Their Day on the Town
In a story of neighborly jest that grew into epic proportions, a green garbage bin got to wheel about the whole town with a...
New Method for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease Developed by Researchers
Researchers in Oslo have developed an artificial intelligence method to help them identify potential new medicines for Alzheimer's. The new medicine seems to be...
Top 10 Wins For the Planet in 2021 – These Will Turn Anyone Into an Optimist
In 2021, green innovation continued at a pace that has typified the yet-young century, and goals and projects long pursued came to fruition.
Maintaining the...
Design Students Use Art to Reimagine Plastic Recycling – Creating Lamps, Seat Covers, and More
London design students were given a challenge: take plastic that will most likely end up in the landfill, and turn it into a new...
A 15 Million-Acre Protected Superhighway Near Galapagos Was Just Created to Preserve Marine Life
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso announced at the climate summit, COP 26 in Scotland, an expansion of the marine protections around the iconic Galápagos Islands...
Architecture Built 1,000 Years Ago to Catch Rain is Being Revived to Save India’s Parched Villages
They brought access to fresh water for millennia, and existed as long-honored pieces of cultural heritage, and then they were abandoned. Now a new...
After Noticing Lack of Good Sticks At Park, Dad Turns Old Tree Branches into ‘Stick Library’ for Neighborhood Dogs
Since bringing the nifty little “Stick Library” to his local park, more than 50 dogs have delighted in the stash of sticks.
Tap Water Produces a Protective Shield Against Microplastics, Scientists Discover
Tap water produces a natural protective shield against harmful microplastics, which can help prevent household products from releasing them.
That’s according to a team of...
After Using Tools, Crows are Happier and Behave More Optimistically: ‘The pleasure of accomplishment’
By Peter Reuell, Harvard Gazette
It’s no secret crows are smart. They’re notorious for frustrating attempts to keep them from tearing into garbage cans; more...
Guy is Giving Free Food to Anyone in Bali Who Brings Plastic – And He’s Recycled 500 Tons in First Year
As the pandemic ground the tourism industry on Bali to a halt, a man sought to do the same to the problem of plastic...
Kuwait is Transforming its Massive ‘Tire Graveyard’ into a New Green City
A landfill of 42 million tires in the sands of Kuwait is finally being cleaned up and recycled.
This news in itself would be a...
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launches Company to Clean Up Space Debris
An Apple co-founder is launching a company to clean up space debris, and not a moment to soon, as NASA estimates there may have...