A London-based lab has developed a simple way for consumers to reduce their environmental impact as they go about their daily business - via a specially-developed fabric that can actively remove carbon from the atmosphere.
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Too much algae in fresh or marine water systems poses a threat to ecosystems. A US company is turning that dangerous excess algae into a sustainable material for 3D printing.
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Flip-Flops are the most-sold shoes in the world - and the most often thrown away. What if something could be done to stop all that plastic ending up as landfill?
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An innovative lamp powered by algae has the potential to absorb up to one tonne of CO₂ every year, according to its designer, which is as much as a single tree absorbs over its entire lifetime.
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Pouring iron into oceans may combat global warming by feeding carbon dioxide-gobbling algae, but those algal blooms could become fountains of neurotoxin.
According to a small-scale test, iron-enriched waters favor the growth of Pseudonitzschia, an algae that pumps out brain-damaging domoic acid.
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