Photo by Peter Prokosch Seaweed is one of the most straightforward crops to grow. All it requires is light and nutrients that are already present in the seawater. Along with being simple to grow, they don't need any harmful fertilizers or promote deforestation and other negative land-use changes. [1] Greenwave are currently designing vertical farms … Continue reading The Seaweed Solution to Climate Change
How Do Nuclear Power Stations Work? This is a surprisingly rarely asked question! Perhaps because "nuclear" is a word so often featured in the media, people tend to convince themselves that familiarity is equivalent to understanding. Uranium (and sometimes Plutonium) atoms split in a process called nuclear fission. Small particles called neutrons split the molecules, … Continue reading Nuclear Energy
What Impact Does Flying Have on Global Climate? Aviation is an incredibly polluting sector, contributing as much as 5% towards the current global CO2 emissions. [1] Besides, planes contrails release a cocktail of nitrous oxide, water vapour and soot. The release of these chemicals in the troposphere and stratosphere can be up to four times … Continue reading The Climate Cost of Flying
