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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%
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.
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.
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.
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
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.