Polestar will spend the next three years executing a lofty electric vehicle launch schedule that will culminate with the Precept concept, a “Rosetta Stone” of sorts that provides a physical representation of the company’s future. Polestar, the former Volvo company that spun out to become its own brand, refers to the concept as its “manifesto.” […]
A step forward for CO2 capture
The air we breathe has a carbon problem. But in Hellisheidi, Iceland, a geothermally active plateau just outside of Reykjavik, a new technology is taking a small but mighty step toward fixing it. A plant called Orca, built by Climeworks, is the first-ever facility where CO2 is being filtered directly from the air and stored […]
Albatross vs. Albatross
Climate change causing albatross divorce according to a new study, as reported by Manish Pandey for BBC News. Environmental variability directly affects the prevalence of divorce in monogamous albatrosses by Francesco Ventura, et al.
海氷の動きを予測するAIは、北極圏の人々と動物を守れるか
気候変動によって激しい変化に見舞われている北極圏。特に海氷の動きや大きさの変化は、現地で生活する人々や動物に大きな影響を与えている。こうしたなか進んでいるのが、人工知能を使って海氷の動きを予測するプロジェクトだ。
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フライトの脱炭素化を実現する「持続可能な航空燃料」。加速する実用化の取り組みと、解決すべき課題
航空分野の気候変動対策に大きく貢献すると期待される「持続可能な航空燃料（SAF）」。このほどユナイテッド航空が片方のエンジンの燃料をSAFのみとする試験飛行を成功させた。その需要は拡大基調にある反面、幅広い商用化に向けては課題も残る。
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気候変動の影響で「未来を恐れる」若者が増えている：心理学者が語る異常気象とメンタルヘルスの関係
加速する気候変動について研究者が10カ国の若者に調査したところ、「未来が怖い」「人類の未来は絶望的」といった回答が半数を超えた。重大な自然災害に晒されることで未来に対する恐怖感が生まれるばかりか、失われたものや消えつつあるものを思って喪失感を覚える「エコロジカル・グリーフ」も深刻化している。こうした現状について、今回の調査報告の共同執筆者でもある心理学者のスーザン・クレイトンに訊いた。
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House passes bipartisan infrastructure bill
The major bipartisan infrastructure bill, which was passed by the Senate back in August, was passed by the House on Friday, with a handful of Republican votes. AP: Biden hails infrastructure win as ‘monumental step forward’. New York Times: House Passe…
Kebony raises $34M to make sustainable softwood behave like hardwood, using food waste
It’s fairly simply: Softwood grows a lot faster – in ‘sustainable’ forests – than hardwood. The latter is often found in bio-diverse old-growth forests like, um, the Amazon. So if you could make softwood behave like hardwood, you’d not only access more sustainable wood for construction, you’d also protect hardwood forests from destruction. Plus, you […]
Fifty Years, a deep-tech investor, has raised $90 million from tens of “unicorn” founders
Fifty Years, a six-year-old, San Francisco-based outfit with a portfolio that’s already rife with mostly deep tech companies — many with a good story to tell about how they can have an impact on the environment — just closed its third and newest fund with $90 million in capital commitments. The money isn’t coming from […]
When it comes to solar farms, sheep are great groundskeepers
USDA funds project to build new group in support of solar grazing.