In order to save water, many people have turned to taking shorter (and sometimes less) showers. That’s great but there’s another spot in your bathroom where you could save. Your toilet. Some people just flush less but if that doesn’t seem like something you would be good with, there may be some hope in the future. LESS is a coating that makes the inside of your toilet so slippery nothing can stick to it.
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Electric Car Battery that Charges in 10 Minutes – new battery developed for fast charging of cars
One of the things that keeps electric cars from hitting it big is the problem with the battery. It takes a while to recharge. An hour or more to get 200-300 miles worth of driving time out of them. An hour to charge your phone, fine, but could you imagine waiting an hour at the gas pump? New technology may have cut this time down to minutes.
Read MorePower Through Trash – new plant will burn garbage to power homes
What happens to the garbage you put on the corner? Gets picked up once or twice a week and it’s gone from your life forever. What if it could be be put to a a good use? Like powering you home? That’s the vision of the new power plant in Portland Port. It runs on trash.
Read MoreStories For Carbon Neutrality – by relating directly to people, we can encourage change
How do you get everyone to get on board for making changes in their lives to become closer to climate neutral? More education? Fees? Free electric cars all around? That last one would be nice but there’s a cheaper solution: Stories.
Read MoreMore Speed for Wind Power – global winds pick up speed
Good news for wind energy enthusiasts! The planet’s wind speeds are up which means this method of energy generation could potentially be even more efficient over the next decade or so. This is likely due to climate change but at least it can be part of the solution instead of adding to the problem.
Read MorePlanting Trees Is a Bit Tricky – where to put them?
Planting trees is one of the things that have been pushed as to helping with climate change. That’s still on the table but the logistics of it all might be a little bit tricky. Specifically, where exactly are all of these trees going to be planted?
Read MoreSix Changes for Climate Change – an outline of six things that can be done now
Combating climate change seems like a tall order. The world is swiftly heating up and we’re already buckling under the effects of this issue. All hope is not lost however. Here are six things that can be done by individuals and governments to help help slow down the rising temperatures.
Read MoreNew Sustainable Power in Fukushima – government plans solar and wind farms in area
Nuclear power is really controversial. Sure it’s clean but when it goes bad, it goes bad big. Such is the case for the plant in Fukushima, famous for leaking radiation after earthquake and tsunami damage. The government isn’t bringing the plant back but energy generation is returning to the area with new, sustainable energy plans.
Read MoreClimate Change Bad for Children’s Health – lack of food and bacteria to be major issues
Climate change isn’t just bad for the environment, it’s bad for our health and it will be particularly hard for children in the future. The changing temperatures will have a ripple effect that will impact children in more ways than just heat related illness.
Read MoreItaly To Require Climate Change Education in Schools – new law will make climate education mandatory
Part of overcoming climate change is understanding climate change. You can’t make good choices if you have bad information. To this end, Italy has made it mandatory for children to learn about it in school so that the country as a whole can meet climate goals.
Read MoreBiofuel for Flights – airlines investigate alternative fuel sources
Flying less is one way people really focus on cutting carbon emissions but what if in the future, you didn’t have to cut out your air travel? If the plane runs on biofuel, you may not have to. This experimental idea is one of the ways that the aviation industry is looking to combat emissions.
Read MorePlanting Trees Worth It? – even with the unknown, it can’t hurt
Planting trees is an excellent thing to do for the environment and to help push back against the climate crisis. But are they the magic solution? Well, not really. As much as they help, they are still a lot of unknowns to them.
Read MoreSave Your Own Life with the Airthings Wave Plus – Review
The Airthings Wave Plus is a small device which measures the air quality. I’m not kidding when I say that this thing can save your life!
Read MoreFungi is Important To Carbon Sinks – human activity has weakened it’s ability to help
You probably don’t think fungi are very important to climate change. They just eat dead things, right? Ignoring the fact that that is. . . important, it turns out that fungi also play a role in sequestering carbon in the soil and human meddling has endangered that.
Read MoreWhat Does The UK Do For Floods – you can’t stop floods, you can only manage them
Flooding has always been a problem for certain areas and with climate change, the problem has gotten worse and for some places. Unfortunately, it will continue to do so. It is imperative that there be plans for that so how is the UK dealing with flooding considering that they have been having a bit of trouble with rising waters recently?
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