Can floating solar farms be the answer to our energy crisis?
Is it better to have a Solar Farm in a desert or in a high altitude lake in a cooler climate?
Can building more Gigafactories solve our energy crisis?
By 2030, 40% of all new cars sold will be electric according to the latest forecast by the investment bank UBS, rising to almost 100% of the new car market by 2040
Are humans really moving out of cities and into smaller more remote towns?
All of these benefits to living in a rural community lead to one thing: less stress! Studies show that those who live in a rural area are less stressed due to the close proximity to nature, reduced noise, cheaper cost of living, cleaner air and more room to breathe
Can surfing can benefit both our planet and ourselves?
When the charity crunched the numbers in 2020, together with researchers, even they were surprised by how much: $3.6m (£2.6m) in 2019 – a substantial portion of the municipality’s total annual budget
Can too much of a good thing affect our climate?
While the black surfaces of solar panels absorb most of the sunlight that reaches them, only a fraction (around 15%) of that incoming energy gets converted to electricity. The rest is returned to the environment as heat
Could reviving ancient laws help us save vital ecosystems?
Marine scientists from Conservation International concluded that Atauro has the highest average of reef fish species in the world after recording an average of 253 unique reef species across 10 dive sites during their research. In total, 642 distinct species were recorded
Can mangrove forests stall environmental crime and reverse climate change?
A hectare of mangrove forest can sink as much carbon as four hectares of rainforest, most of it sequestered in the depths of rich, frequently waterlogged soil below the mangrove roots
Can seaweed islands save us and our oceans?
Globally, seaweeds are thought to sequester nearly 200 million tonnes of CO2 every year – as much as New York State’s annual emissions
Should nuclear waste water be released back into our oceans?
Almost 1.2 million litres (320,000 gallons) of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant is to be released into the ocean
Is sustainable air travel a realistic alternative?
The longest flight recorded was powered by sustainable fuel, it was 13 hours and flew from Seattle to Cairo (10,973 kilometres)