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    Chasing the blue whale -- the endangered sea giant
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 3

    Chasing the blue whale -- the endangered sea giant

    The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever existed, weighting as much as two thousand people together.
    Shipping containers recycled into this season's coolest new swimming pools
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 28

    Shipping containers recycled into this season's coolest new swimming pools

    From intricate urban marketplaces to offices and affordable housing, shipping containers have been given a new lease on life lately.
    Shipping containers recycled into the coolest new swimming pools
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 21

    Shipping containers recycled into the coolest new swimming pools

    From urban marketplaces to offices and affordable housing solutions, shipping containers in the US have been given a new lease on life.
    Breakthrough in separating plastic waste: Machines can now distinguish 12 different types of plastic
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 6

    Breakthrough in separating plastic waste: Machines can now distinguish 12 different types of plastic

    It's very difficult to tell the difference between different types of plastics, and this is what makes it difficult to separate and recycle.
    Human activity shown to literally move mountains
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 29, 2021

    Human activity shown to literally move mountains

    The Matterhorn appears as an immovable, massive mountain that has towered over the landscape near Zermatt for thousands of years.
    Shifting conferences online cuts carbon footprint 94%
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 18, 2021

    Shifting conferences online cuts carbon footprint 94%

    The COVID-19 global pandemic has shown humanity a new way to reduce climate change: Scrap in-person meetings and conventions.
    Winter is coming: Researchers uncover the surprising cause of the little ice age
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Winter is coming: Researchers uncover the surprising cause of the little ice age

    New research provides a novel answer to one of the persistent questions in historical climatology: what caused the Little Ice Age?
    Researchers discover a new type of earthquake and it's man made
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 7, 2021

    Researchers discover a new type of earthquake and it's man made

    A Canadian-German research team have documented a new type of earthquake in an injection environment in British Columbia, Canada.
    More than 200,000 deaths can be annually prevented if countries support more urban cycling
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 2, 2021

    More than 200,000 deaths can be annually prevented if countries support more urban cycling

    Biking plays a significant role in urban areas and has been suggested as a tool to promote public health.
    New eco-friendly Israeli home, built from hemp
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 21, 2021

    New eco-friendly Israeli home, built from hemp

    In the artist village of Ein Hod, Israel, Yoki and Danielle constructed an environmentally friendly house made from hemp.
    Recycled shipping containers are becoming the coolest new swimming pools
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 21, 2021

    Recycled shipping containers are becoming the coolest new swimming pools

    From intricate urban marketplaces to offices and affordable housing solutions, shipping containers have been given a new lease on life.
    By 2500 earth could be alien to humans
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 15, 2021

    By 2500 earth could be alien to humans

    To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well beyond the 2100 benchmark.
    Shipping containers are becoming the coolest new swimming pools
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 10, 2021

    Shipping containers are becoming the coolest new swimming pools

    From urban marketplaces to offices and affordable housing solutions, shipping containers have been given a new lease on life lately.
    This Cape Town ‘jack of all trades’ creates trendy sunglasses from old skateboards
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 1, 2021

    This Cape Town ‘jack of all trades’ creates trendy sunglasses from old skateboards

    Necessity being the mother of all invention saw ‘jack of all trades’ Dave de Witt create sunglasses from old skateboards.
    Work from home and save the planet
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 28, 2021

    Work from home and save the planet

    Implementing teleworking two, three or four days a week would reduce the levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), the main pollutant in smog by 10%
    A new method for removing lead from drinking water
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 25, 2021

    A new method for removing lead from drinking water

    Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating water contaminated with heavy metals.
    How to predict climate change from the comfort of your home
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 16, 2021

    How to predict climate change from the comfort of your home

    The causes of climate change can be shown using a cheap home or school computer, thanks to a Python program called The Climate Predictor.
    Putting a price on climate change
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 9, 2021

    Putting a price on climate change

    The social cost of carbon dioxide is one of the most influential indicators of climate change.
    Floating islands give plants and animals a place to live while cleaning polluted waterways
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 9, 2021

    Floating islands give plants and animals a place to live while cleaning polluted waterways

    The world's largest floating river bank in French inner-city canal which has transformed plant and insect life in waterways around the world
    Climate change means bigger bills, ears and tails for 'shape shifting' animals
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 8, 2021

    Climate change means bigger bills, ears and tails for 'shape shifting' animals

    Climate change is causing some animals to “shape shift” and grow larger extremities such as beaks, ears and tails.
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