Coronavirus shutdowns have unintended climate benefits: cleaner air, clearer water From Denise Chow. Denise Chow is a reporter for NBC News Science focused on the environment and space. “I think there are some big-picture lessons here that could be very useful,” one scientist said. Tourists on a Venice canal in 2013. Water in Venice’s canals appeared […]
Ammonia Powered Ships?? Cruise with a Cow
Climate change: Fertiliser could be used to power ocean-going ships By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Ocean-going ships could be powered by ammonia within the decade as the shipping industry takes action to curb carbon emissions. The chemical – the key ingredient of fertilisers – can be burned in ships’ engines in […]
Free Heating and Cooling from Lake Water
Giant Canadian construction project incorporates low carbon heating and cooling: Don Pittis The Well rising on the old Globe and Mail site digs for more green innovations CBC News · Posted: Jan 27, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 27 Construction workers are dwarfed by the enormous underground reservoir at The Well in downtown Toronto […]
Take a Flyer – Canadian Progress
Is this the start of an aviation revolution? FUTURE PLANET SUSTAINABILITY Aviation is one of the fastest rising sources of carbon emissions from transport, but can a small Canadian airline show the industry a way of flying that is better for the planet? By Diane Selkirk 11th February 2020 As air journeys go, it […]
Make fresh potable water from seawater
System achieves new level of efficiency in harnessing sunlight to make fresh potable water from seawater A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in China could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square meter of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially serve […]