environment

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  • Human-Made Materials Outweigh All Living Things, Study Shows
    Earth
    Researchers estimate humans are generating human-made mass at a rate of roughly 30 gigatons - or 30 billion tons - per year.
  • Treasure In Trash: Inside The Company That Recycles Household Waste
    Plastic bottles
    Sustane Technologies said it can turn household waste into diesel fuel and biomass pellets and can make up to 90% of rubbish reusable.
  • Mutated, Massacred Minks Rise From Danish Graves
    Mink
    "The authorities are playing with our environment and using it as a dumping ground," one local politician said.
  • King Of The World: Largest Iceberg On Collision Course With British Island
    Iceberg
    "Ecosystems can and will bounce back of course, but there's a danger here that if this iceberg gets stuck, it could be there for 10 years.
  • Two-Ton Great White Tagged Off Nova Scotia
    Great White
    OCEARCH will follow the shark to learn more about its behavior.
  • Prince William Teases Special Project With Sir David Attenborough
    Prince William
    A cryptic post on Instagram hinted that the Duke of Cambridge is planning something with the environmentalist.
  • Wildlife, Marine Experts Consider Mercy Killings Of Stranded Whales In Australia
    Australia
    A few only of the almost 500 whales stranded on a coast in Australia can be saved, rescuers said Thursday.
  • HSBC, Pollination Group Join Forces For Biggest Environmental Venture
    FOR MOTHER EARTH
    Dubbed HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management, the program will pursue "lucrative ventures that will protect and preserve the environment for the long-term."
  • Smart Sponge Created To Absorb The Ocean's Oil Spills
    A view of the Pacific Ocean from Miyako
    With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil, the sponge could be used to inexpensively and efficiently clean up spills without harming marine life.
  • AI Detects Ocean Plastic Using Satellite Data
    Plastic garbage litters the shoreline in Cilincing in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 26, 2018.
    A pioneering technique to detect plastics floating on the sea surface, led by scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, has been published this week in Scientific Reports.
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