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EnvironmentScientists Fight Wild Fires from Space with Remarkable Success
While news are full with terrible fires in the Amazon and California, researchers have just announced surprising facts: the amount of land burned has been decreasing annually with a staggering drop of 25 percent between 2003 and 2019. One reason: Space technology.
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TechnologyGermans Turn Famous Autobahn into E-Highway to Recharge Trucks on the Go
Germany’s Environment Ministry along with engineering company Siemens have launched the nation’s first e-Highway earlier this year, powering hybrid trucks in a first step towards transforming to a greener method of goods transportation.
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TechnologySweden’s E-Road to Fossil Free Transportation Now Two Kilometers Long
The Swedish Transport Administration constructed a two-kilometer electrified road in the Stockholm area – the first of its kind that can charge all types of electric and hybrid vehicles – as part of a project aimed at electrifying all highways in the nation.
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TechnologyZimbaweans use “Trash-Uber” to Get Rid of Their Garbage
The government in Zimbabwe has struggled to keep its capital city clean, leaving 10,000 tonnes piling up in the streets of Harare each month. Now, a local waste management company is stepping in with a mobile app solution, called the “Trash-Uber” by many.
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TechnologyAlgorithm Helps Fight Wildfires Before They Even Spread
Another example of how artificial intelligence can make the world better: Researchers have revealed a new technique based on a machine learning algorithm. It calculates how big wildfires may get upon ignition, helping save lives, protect property, and preserve nature.
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TechnologyLondon Homes Feel the Heat of the Underground to Cut Carbon
Danish company Ramboll is engineering a heating network that will use unwanted heat from London Underground’s Northern Line to provide a sustainable, low-cost means to warm up homes and businesses in north London’s borough of Islington.
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TechnologyNew Device Uses Night Sky to Switch On Light Bulb
When Stanford engineer Aaswath Raman drove by a village in Sierra Leone that didn’t have a single light on in its streets, he was inspired to build a device that generates electricity using the temperature differences that arise after sunset.