https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2024/01/22/scientists-map-largest-deep-sea-coral-reef-off-atlantic-coast/
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in mapping the largest deep-sea coral reef in the world, which runs hundreds of miles off the Atlantic coast of the United States.
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2024/01/19/pollinator-friendly-solar-installations-can-help-solve-climate-and-biodiversity-crises/
Rehabilitated farmland used for solar energy facilities that are planted with native wildflowers and grasses can create lush habitats for insects, birds and bees, a new study has found.
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2024/01/18/greenland-losing-30m-tonnes-of-ice-an-hour-study-reveals/
The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought.
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2024/01/17/why-we-still-have-brutal-cold-snaps-even-as-the-planet-warms-to-record-levels/
After a summer of record-breaking heat, vast swaths of the United States are now grappling with extreme cold as a brutal Arctic blast brings snow squalls, deadly ice and life-threatening wind chills.
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2024/01/12/tesla-megapack-battery-turns-on-to-replace-hawaiis-last-coal-plant/
A Tesla Megapack battery system has officially turned on to replace Hawaii’s very last coal power plant.
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2024/01/11/forest-restoration-planned-for-colombias-farallones-de-cali-national-park/
Farallones de Cali National Park, located on Columbia's Pacific coast, will undergo long-term habitat restoration.
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2024/01/10/spain-politicians-bicker-as-plastic-nurdle-spill-swamps-beaches/
Dozens of volunteers used strainers to sift sand at beaches in northwestern Spain on Tuesday to collect millions of tiny plastic pellets that have washed up in recent days, endangering wildlife.
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2024/01/05/new-research-harnesses-ai-and-satellite-imagery-to-reveal-the-expanding-footprint-of-human-activity-at-sea/
A new study published today in the journal Nature offers an unprecedented view of previously unmapped industrial use of the ocean and how it is changing.
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2024/01/04/synthetic-biology-breakthrough-fixes-co2-from-the-air-better-than-nature/
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have developed a synthetic pathway that can capture CO2 from the air more efficiently than in nature.
https://lighthouse-eco.co.za/2023/12/21/rare-industrial-snowfall-thought-to-be-caused-by-pollution-recorded-in-uk/
A rare phenomenon known as “industrial snowfall” appears to have occurred near Heathrow airport earlier this year, according to a study.
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