With all the chemicals, wood and land used in traditional burials, they can be detrimental to the environment. Now, a company from the Netherlands has developed a casket made entirely of mycelium — the network of thread-like structures that make up mushroom roots — that biodegrades within 45 days of burial. The innovative Loop Living […]
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The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia more than three years ago and the ongoing war has led to the confirmed deaths of thousands of people, displaced millions and caused millions more to seek refuge in other countries. But it isn’t just humans who are impacted by the war. Millions of animals — both pets […]
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Recently shuttered coal mines around the world can have new life as solar farms, potentially adding nearly 300 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy by 2030, a first-of-its-kind analysis by researchers from Global Energy Monitor (GEM) has found. GEM’s Bright side of the mine report identified 312 surface coal mines that had been closed since 2020, […]
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