Recently, researchers at the Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) have created a new direct air capture system to collect waste carbon dioxide. According to the team of researchers led by Professor Seiji Yamazoe, this new carbon capture system works two times faster with 99 percent efficiency.
Every year, World Environment Day is commemorated on June 5. The main purpose of this day is to increase awareness about the environment. Meanwhile, people are motivated to take action to conserve our planet while doing their bit to avoid environmental pollution, global warming, overpopulation,
Given how fragile wildlife habitats have become in the current changing climatic conditions, the Supreme Court (SC) prohibits mining activity or factory establishments in a 1 km proximity of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. The court has also issued a bunch of directives on controlling
The younger generation is worried that by the time they will be able to visit the Maldives, this spell-bounding country of 1,196 low-lying islands might go underwater. The Maldives is being swallowed by the sea and it has worried the nation for several reasons, one
There are already various machines to decarbonize air but the process is quite costly. However, London-based startup Brilliant Planet has come up with a better solution using nature-based technology. They operate a 30,000-square-meter production facility to reduce carbon emissions via the world’s largest algae growth
Recently, a four-member sub-committee of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) of the Government of India inspected the Jhuriwala forest area in Haryana that’s been turned into a garbage dumping site. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change sent the panel to verify the objections
German farmer Ulf Allhoff-Cramer takes automaker Volkswagen (VW) to court for being responsible for climate change due to their cars’ carbon emissions. According to the organic farmer, the CO2 emissions by VW are causing damage to his family business. He says that the heavier rains
The beautiful Lake Tahoe flows on the California-Nevada border in the Northern Sierra Nevada, U.S. Despite its amazing water purity level of 99.994 percent, the lake collects a lot of debris throughout the year. To resolve the debris from the lake, a Californian NGO Clean
Diatoms in the oceans are tiny floating organisms, that supply the world with around a fifth of its oxygen. Unfortunately, ocean acidification is drastically reducing the number of diatoms. As per new research, these tiny creatures will deprive of the silica building blocks that they
Himachal Pradesh government has allowed the construction of several hydropower projects in the Kinnaur district. The aim of these hydroelectric projects is to fulfill India’s increasing requirements for renewable energy to tackle the rapidly changing climatic conditions. However, recent studies say that these projects are adversely