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These green coins is a new way to get people to recycle
Amsterdam innovates on waste management once again! Amsterdam innovates on waste management once again!A pilot project in Amsterdam’s Noord district is running since early 2015, urging residents to...
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300 million tonnes of standard coal per year could be replaced by wind and solar power generation in China by 2030
Renewables could attract investments of up to $782 billion in the country
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Polyethylene-eating caterpillars in the fight against plastic pollution
Their only drawback is that if used too widely, they could harm bee colonies and put crops at risk
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New early warning system could have saved lives during the 2011 Japan tsunami
Simulations assessing how the system would have responded to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake show that a tsunami alarm would have been raised in 7 minutes or less, thus might had saved many of the 22,000 k...
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Massive landslide buries part of California highway (video)
Part of the mountainside went off into the Pacific Ocean, covering up a big part of scenic Highway 1 in Big Sur area, California, on Saturday, May 20th. Part of the mountainside went off into th...
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Bags made from old sailcloths that smell like the ocean breeze
Each item carries the stories of the sail it is made from Each item carries the stories of the sail it is made fromLoyal to the principles of upcycling, a team of three young entrepreneurs started an...
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Construction crane collapses while building a bridge (video)
In the evening of the 9th of May, a large crawler crane collapsed in Varese, Italy while lifting a large section of a new viaduct at the Arcisate Stabio railway yards. The piece of concrete bridge was...
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From where will the next big earthquake hit the city of Istanbul?
The 15-million city is situated very close to the so-called North Anatolian Fault Zone which runs just outside the city, below the Marmara Sea. Scientists appreciate that an earthquake of magnitude M7...
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120,000 cigarette butts collected in Brussels in just 2 hours
Just one of them can pollute 500 L of water! Just one of them can pollute 500 L of water!On Saturday 22 of April, about 200 volunteers took part in an initiative to clean up the streets of Brussels f...
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The May Issue of the Geoengineer.org Newsletter is out !
Geoengineer.org is excited to announce the May Newsletter Issue#144! Geoengineer.org is excited to announce the May Newsletter Issue#144! Read more
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