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Animals Australia

17. January 2024

Intelligence Caught On Camera: Dolphins Are Even Smarter Than We Think

Off the coast of far southwestern Australia, researchers have filmed dolphins cleverly taking fish used as bait from crab pots and nets, a behavior that might have started some 20 years ago.

Technology

This illustration picture taken on May 30, 2019 shows plastic waste floating in the sea in Marseille. (Photo by Boris HORVAT / AFP) (Photo by BORIS HORVAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology Japan

6. January 2024

“Self-Healing” Biodegradable Plastic Could Replace Its Weak Counterpart

A team of researchers based in Tokyo, Japan, has developed an eco-friendly, self-healing plastic that could potentially be a game-changer for many industries and for the planet.

Environment

Environment UAE

3. January 2024

Nursing Coral Back to Health: a Promising Experiment

The experiment taking place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, to save coral by nursing and regenerating it in aquariums before relocating them outside of the capital’s waters could become a conservation model for other projects and programs.

Environment

Environment Canada

17. December 2023

Indigenous-Led Marine Conservation – a Win for Nature, and Culture

A national park located in northern Labrador, Canada, will be home to the very first Inuit-led national marine conservation area, thus protecting ecosystems and culture alike.

Technology

Technology Sweden

10. December 2023

Public Transport Evolution: First All-Electric Flying Boat in the Works

A Swedish tech company has designed the world’s first all-electric hydrofoil passenger boat, and should the test flight be a success, the vessel could join Stockholm’s public transport network in 2024.

Society

African children collecting water from a well with a pump, Bafing, Yo, Ivory Coast

Society Ivory Coast

13. November 2023

One Million Rural Citizens Will Get Better Access to Drinking Water

The government of the Ivory Coast has launched the “drinking water” phase of its social program to grant access to potable water to almost one million citizens in rural areas by 2025.

Technology

Technology China

7. November 2023

This Sponge Filters Highly-Polluting Microplastics from Water

A team of researchers based in China has developed a synthetic and extra-light sponge that could very well be a formidable solution to microplastic pollution in the planet’s reserves of water, both saline and fresh.

Environment

Environment China

9. October 2023

Offshore Wind Farm Generates Record Power in a Single Day

With the help of a typhoon raging off the coast of China, an offshore wind turbine – the world’s largest – was able to break the record for single-day power generation.

Society

Society France

25. September 2023

City of Lights, City of Water: Paris’s Water Revolution

The French capital has revolutionized its water management system, reclassifying the resource as a common good instead of a profitable commodity.

Society

Society Nigeria

23. September 2023

Better Access to Water for 73,000 People

Following the successful completion of a borehole activity deployed in two states in Nigeria, more than 73,000 people have access to improved water supply, thus contributing to improving sanitation and hygiene.