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January 18, 2020
Irish teenager Fionn Ferreira developed a technique to remove microplastics from water using oil and rust. His idea won at the 2019 Google Science Fair. He now wants to scale his idea to be used in industry. He’s one of 10 young change-makers attending the 2020 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. Kayaking around...
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It’s easy to feel a sense of powerlessness when it comes to the environment. The risk of wildfires all over the world is only growing, in part because of man-made climate change. We just lived through the hottest decade on record. Meanwhile, our leaders, at least in the U.S., have not enacted meaningful policy reform...
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Cities create a huge carbon footprint – that can be changed. Urban areas can be used to showcase new energy-efficient tech. Key is synergy between sectors: electricity; water and wastewater; heating; cooling and transport. Our cities are growing rapidly in terms of inhabitants and the space they occupy. Every minute, we add 10,000 square metres of city...
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