♻️ Green Tech
Green Tech is an important part of the solution of climate change and other enviromental problems. Here you will find articles covering recycling, water purifying and tech used to conserve and protect natural resources. Also, news about Warp Green Tech Program will be found here.
♻️ By 2030, IKEA wants to remove more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere than it produces
Last week, IKEA announced their intent to invest $220 million into becoming 'climate positive'. Key areas where these funds will be focused are to be in green energy and reforestation.
🗺️ Researchers can detect earthquakes using underwater internet cables
Researchers at U.C. Berkeley have turned 20 kilometers of fiber-optic cable into the equivalent of 10,000 seismic stations along the ocean floor. They recorded a 3.5 magnitude earthquake from underwater fault zones.
🌳 New $10 million competition launched for preserving rainforests
XPRIZE is the global leader in designing and operating incentive competitions. The latest competion will help us find ways to preserve rainforests.
🎪 German Circus Uses Holograms Instead Of Live Animals For A Cruelty-Free Magical Experience
German Circus Roncalli has done something truly spectacular. They have swapped out horses, lions and elephants for holograms. Circus Rocalli decided to make drastic changes in aid of fighting animal cruelty in the booming industry.
🌾 New Heavy-Lift Utility Drone For Agriculture, Logistics, and Infrastructure
John Deere, a world leader in advanced products and services for the agriculture industry, has teamed up with [https://press.volocopter.com/index.php/john-deere-and-volocopter-cooperate-on-cargo-drone-technology] German startup, Volocopter, to develop an aerial crop-dusting system called VoloDrone. VoloDrone was recently demonstrated at the global agricultural engineering tradeshow, Agritechnica [https://www.agritechnica.
Student in Mexico Has Developed Self-Repairing Rubber Road Pavement
A Mexican college student has created a new formula for road pavement that repairs itself when exposed to rainwater. Israel Antonio Briseño Carmona developed the groundbreaking formula by melting recycled tires into a putty combined with a number of other additives. The putty then harnesses rainwater as a catalyst for
🚢 Ocean Cleanup launches a floating garbage truck that will clean rivers from plastics
Around 8.8 million tons of plastic enter the world’s oceans each year — the equivalent of a truckload of garbage every minute. Over time, this trash can accumulate in offshore garbage patches andlinger there for decades [https://www.businessinsider.com/ocean-cleanup-plastic-pacific-garbage-patch-2019-9] . For the last six years, a nonprofit called
🐠 3D-printed coral offer new hope for endangered reefs
Struggling reef life could soon get a boost from prefab homes. 3-D printed condos for fish on the reef! In their ongoing work [https://www.cnet.com/news/3d-printed-coral-reef-condos-get-2-fins-up-from-fish/] , researchers are now analyzing field data from Fiji, where they have deployed the 3D-printed coral made from biodegradable cornstarch filaments after
This city in North Carolina is designing America’s future composting systems
In the city of Durham, North Carolina, roughly 30% of the garbage residents throw away is compostable. Two-thirds of that is food scraps (the rest comes from paper products). The problem: like most municipalities, the city doesn’t offer a residential composting program. And not everyone has space or desire