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News Climeworks: Where Carbon Capture Meets Greenhouse Fertiliser

Written by Laura Wagener, 12-06-2017

Carbon capture plants - that filter carbon dioxide directly out of the atmosphere - could help provide the solution to the world's growing CO2 problem. In Switzerland, Climeworks has inaugurated the first ever commercial plant of this type - a tower of giant air filters located just outside Zurich. Read on

News Could Seaweed Balls Be the Future of Sustainable Insulation?

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 31-05-2017

Ever walked along the ocean shore, feet splashing in the water, and been annoyed at the seaweed tangled up between your toes? You are not alone. But as it turns out, these clumps of seaweed might have a function quite aside from messing up our walk at the beach. Read on

News "Electric Cars Play a Key Role in the Shift to Green Transportation”

Written by Lydia Skrabania, 21-03-2017

The future looks bright for e-mobility. But electric vehicles aren't the only alternative to traditional combustion engines. What are the other options? And how do they shape up? We talked it over with Michael Müller-Görnert from VCD, Germany's leading ecological transport association. Read on

Video Climate Change: Earth's Giant Game of Tetris

Video What the Earth Would Look Like If All the Ice Melted

Video Story of Cap & Trade

Chart How Much Water Is Used to Produce Our Food?

Chart Carbon Dioxide breaches 400 ppm mark

Chart How many Gigatons of Carbon Dioxide...?

Wissen Satellites: Environmental Protectors and Development Aids in Space?

Initially developed for military purposes, satellites are these days being used more and more frequently in the fields of enviromental protection and humanitarian aid, opening up completely new possibilities in the fight against illegal logging, epidemics, environmental pollution and facilitating in monitoring and protecting endangered species. But what do satellites actually do and how is their data used? Can they really be helpful as environmental and development aids? Read on

Organisation Global Footprint Network

The Global Footprint Network is an international nonprofit organisation that aims to "end ecological overshoot by making ecological limits central to decision-making." The website offers information on the development of the world's ecological footprint and its biocapacity. Read on

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