Collaborate Disseminate
A startup called Amogy has successfully converted a 67-year-old diesel tugboat to run on clean ammonia, marking a significant milestone in the transition to zero-emissions propulsion in the maritime industry. The Associated Press reports: Amogy’s syste… Continue reading Tugboat Powered By Ammonia Sails For the First Time
Industrial civilisation is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary, and may already have crossed it, according to scientists who have compiled the latest report on the state of the world’s life-support systems. From a report: “Ocean acidificati… Continue reading Earth May Have Breached Seven of Nine Planetary Boundaries, Health Check Shows
Asteroids can devastate the planet in an instant – just ask the dinosaurs. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have now demonstrated a proof of concept method to deflect a potential Earthbound asteroid using a blast of X-rays.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading X-rays could deflect dangerous Earthbound asteroids
A massive Antarctic glacier, dubbed the “Doomsday Glacier,” is melting at an accelerating rate and could be approaching irreversible collapse, international researchers are reporting. The Thwaites Glacier, holding enough ice to raise global sea levels … Continue reading Antarctic ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Melting Faster, Scientists Warn
A national “butterfly emergency” has been declared by Butterfly Conservation after the lowest Big Butterfly Count since records began. From a report: An average of just seven butterflies per 15-minute count were recorded by participants in this summer’… Continue reading ‘Butterfly Emergency’ Declared as UK Summer Count Hits Record Low
Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road. From a report: Of the 2.8m private cars registered i… Continue reading Norway Hits Milestone as Electric Cars Surpass Petrol Vehicles
Young corals bred using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and planted in reefs around the US, Mexico and the Caribbean have surprised scientists, after most survived last year’s record marine heatwave, while older corals struggled. From a report: A study ha… Continue reading Hope For Coral Reefs After IVF Colonies Survive Record Heat Event
Fossil fuel companies pumped at least $5.6bn of sponsorship money into motorsports, football, golf and even snow sports in an effort to “buy social licence to operate,” according to a new report. From a report: Almost no major spectator sport remains u… Continue reading Fossil Fuel Companies Sponsor $5.6 Billion in Global ‘Sportswashing’ Deals
Google’s philanthropic arm is partially funding a new initiative that “aims to deploy more than 50 small satellites in low-Earth orbit to pinpoint flare-ups as small as a classroom anywhere in the world,” reports Ars Technica. From the report: The Fire… Continue reading Google Backs Privately Funded Satellite Constellation For Wildfire Detection
Saturn’s rings are iconic, but new evidence suggests Earth might once have sported one of its own. This ring would have caused chaos on the surface.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Earth, Saturn, Planet, Asteroid, Geology, Impact, Meteorit… Continue reading Earth may have once had a ring like Saturn – and it caused chaos