Environment

 

Climate change, environmental destruction, biodiversity loss – the challenges we face are huge. But despair isn’t a great source of motivation. Here we flip the narrative of typical climate change reporting to look at innovative solutions to today’s environmental challenges.

Measuring Terrestrial Water Storage With Satellites Shows the Impact of Climate Change

Floods and droughts are increasing, while groundwater levels decline. Measuring Terrestrial Water Storage helps track these changes.

Eine Person, die ein iPad nutzt, auf dem Klix³ ausgeführt wird
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Calculate and Reduce CO2 Footprint: Klix³ Toolbox Motivates People to Protect the Climate Through Gamification

How much CO2 does my lifestyle produce each year? Klix³ project aims to communicate climate protection measures with gamification.

Berlin Rewards the Repair of Smartphones and Other Devices: How the New Repair Bonus Works

Since September 2024, Berlin's repair bonus has been helping consumers with the cost of repairs. It's high time it was introduced nationwide.

Fashion Brands Are Offering Resale Platforms Thanks to Resale-As-A-Service Software

Resale-as-a-service software is the technology powering resale fashion platforms—and keeping clothes in the loop for longer.

© Kunaljit Chadha / ETH Zurich - Gramazio Kohler Research, Chair of Sustainable Construction and Robotic Systems Lab

Impact Printing: Will We Print Our Houses From Clay One Day?

Impact printing produces houses from clay with minimal composite materials. Are they an alternative to highly emitting concrete buildings?

Reduce the Impact of Your Wardrobe With These Sustainable Fashion Apps

The fashion industry is one of the world’s biggest polluters. These sustainable fashion apps are here to help you fight back.

A New Process Makes Lithium Extraction Cheaper and More Sustainable

A new process of lithium extraction filters lithium out of brines more efficiently - and is less harmful to the environment.

Are Virtual Servers Sustainable? Open Source Tool “Aether” Measures Their Energy Consumption

How do you measure the power consumption of virtual servers? “Re:cinq” has developed open source tool "aether" for precisely this purpose.

Symolbild: Nachhaltige Künstliche Intelligenz
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How Can the Energy Guzzler That’s AI Become More Sustainable? Interview With Friederike Rohde (Iöw)

Artificial intelligence has a large CO2 footprint. Renewable energies alone will not solve the problem, says Friederike Rohde.