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Engineers at the University of Cincinnati have created a potential electrochemical system for converting pollutants from chemical and power facilities into usable goods while combating climate change.
For years, researchers said getting rid of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch might be impossible, but one non-profit is presently proving that they are wrong. In July, The Ocean Cleanup, which has been making effort to develop a system that can help in cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, brought its first large-scale cleanup system to the Pacific.
May 07, 2021 12:18 PM EDT Japan's neighbouring nations have rejected their plan to discharge water that was used to cool the nuclear plant's melted reactors into the sea, but experts say the dangers are minimal. (Photo : Getty Images) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station The proposal of Japan to release over one million tonnes of polluted water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station that is already ruined into the ocean off its east coast has been firmly objected to by neighbours both South Korea and China. But expert discloses that the risks are likely to be low if the plan of...
Apr 23, 2021 03:22 PM EDT Plastics are a part of almost every product we make use of daily. The average person in the U.S. produces about 100 kg of plastic waste every year, most of which goes directly to a landfill. A team headed by Jay Keasling, Brett Helms, Kristin Persson, and Corinne Scown at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) developed a plastic known as Polydiketoenamine, which can help solve the waste crisis. (Photo : Getty Images) Poly(diketoenamine) or PDK Not more than two years ago, Helms made known the invention of a new plastic that could solve the problem ...
Close According to scientists, fishes are the dominant vertebrates in the ocean and they contribute roughly 16% of the sinking carbon in feces and other matter, scientists have little knowledge of the role fishes play in the global carbon cycle associated with climate change. A study led by Rutgers found out that carbon in feces, respirations, and other excretions from fishes make up about 16% of the total carbon, which is roughly 1.6 billion tons that sink below the ocean's water upper layers annually. (Photo : Pixabay) Earth's Biological Pump According to study, more data on this importa...