Lancet: urban pollution is as toxic as it was 20 years ago. Progress? Zero.
Despite the claims, urban pollution is still very high, largely unchanged for twenty years. The measures taken? Ineffective.
Cleaning the beaches of cigarette butts? Robot stuff
A robotic system (which improves visibly, indeed of photos, thanks to AI) declares war on cigarette butts.
UN report: "Here are the things to do to rid the oceans of plastic"
A UN report commissioned to the G20 Thrace gives the tragic picture of the “plastic in the oceans” situation, but also has a recipe for solving it.
City of the future: off the cars if they want to survive
A study group used mathematical models to analyze different car use scenarios, and drew up a recipe for surviving in the cities of the future.
A paper warns: collapsing oceans will devastate humanity in 25 years
A paper launches a terrible warning: the situation of the oceans could lead to an irreversible chain reaction within a few years.
Airo, an electric car that "sucks up" pollution from other cars: launch in 2023
A car that not only pollutes less, but reduces the pollution produced by other cars? Airo: presented yesterday, it will be on the market from 2023.
With the motion sensor, the "cyborg" mussel acts as a pollution detector
A natural feature of freshwater mussels allows, thanks to a motion sensor, to obtain precise monitoring of river pollution.
5 predictions on the impact that Covid will have on the ecological transition
The impact of Covid has accelerated the need for an ecological transition. Here are 5 predictions about changes around the corner.
The curved design of the road barrier protects people from pollution
A simple change in the design of a road barrier can drastically improve a serious problem such as pollution
Ocean Cleanup: Clean up the oceans with smart boats
A fleet of interceptors, special catamarans that sift the plastic from rivers: this is how The Ocean Cleanup fights against pollution with the help of AI
15 projects to end air pollution
Air pollution: a scourge for the environment and for our health. Here are 15 projects, technologies and initiatives that aim to bring it down. Forever.
Cleaner coronavirus air opens a window into a car-free future
The blockade of world transport has allowed researchers to do the largest ever study on smog: it will help us to draw a future without a car.
Reswirl, the first ecological toothbrush to be returned with a "returnable" container
A "circular" approach for a lot: Reswirl an ecological toothbrush that will not be among those millions that swell the ranks of plastic pollution.
Nanocellulose used to remove microplastics from water
The nanocellulose can be used to sample the water, or eliminate the microplastics directly where they are produced.
Uber and Lyft pollute 70% more than the transportation they replace
Innovation is not necessarily improvement. Uber and Lyft pollute more than the transports they replace: more environmental efforts are needed.
Atmos Faceware, on the hitech mask against climate change
Pollution can also become fashionable: the trendy anti-pollution hitech mask like Atmos Faceware is a symbol: the capitalism of disasters awaits us.
The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse: 4 poisons to be banned in the next 10 years
They have been studied and evaluated as carcinogenic. They do very badly and have been banned only in part: here are 4 poisons to be banned by 2030.
Another record for CO2 in the atmosphere. He doesn't brake: we're crashing
The CO2 in the atmosphere shows no sign of decreasing, indeed in the last year it exceeds the average. The latest OMM report does not grant any optimism.
Hair loss is linked to air pollution: first scientific evidence
For the first time scientific evidence arrives: pollution causes hair loss, breaking down the proteins responsible for their growth
Where will the Fukushima water end up?
After the wretched declarations of the Minister of the Environment, the radioactive water of Fukushima is still looking for a destination, and the drums will soon be full.
Rice straw soap: natural surfactant is reality
Surfactants are everywhere: detergents, toothpastes, paint, makeup, etc. A natural surfactant eliminates harmful substances from all these products
