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There are plans to create a floating garden and reconfigurable roads in Lugano that will increase links between the city and the lake. The project also intends to partly pedestrianize the congested waterfront. Plans...
With the COVID-19 pandemic showing just how fragile our food systems are, how to improve their sustainability is under question. Obstacles include short-term acute shocks, long-term global demographic changes like urbanization and population growth....
Recycling almond trees onsite can sequester carbon, save water and increase crop yields, making it a climate-smart practice for California’s irrigated almond orchards. These are the findings of a study from the University of...
Scientists have identified a microbe that can ingest polyurethrane – one of the most widely used oil-based plastics that is particularly hard to recycle or destroy safely. Scientists in Germany have identified and characterized...
Rising sea temperatures have caused “very widespread” damage to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. It is the third mass coral bleaching event in five years, authorities said. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered another mass...
In the UK, there is now £1 billion more food in people’s houses than three weeks ago. This consumer stockpiling has led to unavailability of products for others, and there’s a real danger that...
Denmark’s first wooden parking house will help the country to reach its goal to become climate neutral in 2050. The parking house will be made from beams and columns of cross-laminated timber. Danish architecture...
A new study has provided a comprehensive guide on which tree species are best for combatting air pollution that originates from our roads. Beneficial plant properties include small leaf size, high foliage density and...
Improvements in electrodialysis technology are creating new ways of producing freshwater. An EU-funded initiative can provide up to 2,000 litres of fresh drinking water per day. UNESCO estimates that around 2.2 billion people...
A polluted swamp in Bangladesh is set to be transformed into a green university. BRAC University will showcase sustainable, low-tech solutions, including natural cooling and vertical gardens. The Bangladesh-based nonprofit organization BRAC has plans to transform...
The oceans are a very important reservoir for carbon in the system of the earth, but many aspects of the marine carbon cycle are still unknown. Scientists have now discovered that sugar plays an...
COVID-19 could impact how cities are designed. Urban density, the decentralization of essential services, data aggregation and the digital response all come into play. Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is part of a long list of...
A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems. There are concerns about what it may mean in an...
Strict measures implemented in China to slow the spread of coronavirus have led to a dramatic reduction in nitrogen dioxide concentrations. The measures include closing factories and clearing streets. As news of the coronavirus...
Stellar, a solar-powered commercial building, recently opened in India. It features a rainwater harvesting system and terraces to deflect the sun and mitigate high temperatures. Mumbai-based design studio Sanjay Puri Architects recently unveiled Stellar,...
As permafrost soils in the Arctic thaw, large additional quantities of greenhouse gases could be released. In Russia, experiments are now being conducted in which herds of horses, bison and reindeer are being used...
Growing fruit and vegetables in 10 per cent of urban green spaces could supply 15 per cent of the local population, according to new research. Scientists have investigated the potential for urban horticulture by...
A building destined for Boston could signal a new way of creating residential structures in cities. The cross-laminated timber structure eliminates most greenhouse-gas emissions associated with standard building materials. Designed by architects from Massachusetts...
Nanoscale particles of the most commonly used plastics tend to move through the water supply, especially in fresh water, or settle out in wastewater treatment plants. We end up drinking a few grams of...
Heat stress from extreme heat and humidity will annually affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people by 2100, according to a study by Rutgers. The figures are based on current greenhouse gas emissions....
