Waste made clothes can be a solution to reducing marine waste
Waste made clothes: The eighth of June is World Oceans Day, an international day commemorating worldwide to protect the ocean since 2002, spearheaded by the Ocean Project. Recognised by the…
Humble fern from New Caledonia boasts world’s largest genome
By Will Dunham (Reuters) – You thought the living organism with the largest genome might be the blue whale, an African elephant or perhaps a giant redwood tree? Not even…
Posidonia 2024 opens for business
With a record number of exhibitors and a packed conference programme Posidonia’s 28th edition welcomes global maritime community to home of shipping In the presence of Greek Prime Minister Mr.…
World’s largest direct air capture plant switched on
The world’s most significant direct air capture (DAC) plant has been operating in Iceland. It is called Mammoth and was built by Climeworks, a Swiss startup that launched the first commercial DAC-based facility, Orca,…
Musk’s Starlink satellites disrupted by major solar storm
By Utkarsh Shetti (Reuters) – Starlink, the satellite arm of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, warned on Saturday of a “degraded service” as the Earth is battered by the biggest geomagnetic storm…
Silicate named as finalist in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition
Silicate, a terrestrial enhanced weathering company headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin, announced that it has been named as one of 20 finalists in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. Silicate is…
Scientists document remarkable sperm whale ‘phonetic alphabet’
By Will Dunham (Reuters) – The various species of whales inhabiting Earth’s oceans employ different types of vocalizations to communicate. Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using…
Can technology give solutions to save Earth?
Earth: he alarming news that our planet faces detrimental challenges has been in the spotlight for many years. In 2023, the world reached the highest temperature on record, which was previously broken…
Injury rates for Musk’s SpaceX exceed industry average for second year
By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Injury rates at SpaceX facilities continued to exceed an industry average in 2023, according to a Reuters review of safety data reported to U.S.…
Oppo Reno 11F, an ‘extreme’ smartphone
We tested it in an unusual and spectacular scenery at an altitude of 3,500 metres Oppo Reno 11F: Going high, indeed very high, to put the smartphone under stress and…