By Tony Pereira, UCLA ME PhD To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour. —William Blake If a grain of sand was all that was needed, our species would likely be sustainable forever. However, we humans require quite a bit more from…
Land-based systems play important roles for salmon aquaculture, but can RAS production ever catch up to net pens? Kuterra workers harvest farmed salmon at the company’s land-based RAS facility in British Columbia. By Tim Sprinkle In 2010, the SOS (Save Our Salmon) Marine Conservation Foundation entered into a unique partnership with the ‘Namgis First Nation in British Columbia. Their goal? To plan,…
By Professor Ted Cocking. A major new technology enables all of the world's crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than expensive and environmentally damaging fertilizers. Nitrogen fixation, the process by which nitrogen is converted to ammonia, is vital for plants to survive and grow. However, only a very small number of plants, most notably legumes (such as peas, beans and…
Article by Kurt, filed under Offices & Commercial in the Architecture category AeroFarms is on track to produce 2 million pounds of food per year in its 70,000-square-foot facility in Newark, under construction less than an hour outside of Manhattan. Their efficient operation, based on previous experience at similar but smaller facilities, can accomplish this astonishing output “while using 95% less water than…
By Lindsey Pulse Oct 27th 2016 11:59AM The world's animal species are dying, and humans are a big reason why. The World Wildlife Fund's Living Planet Report shows global populations of wild mammals, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles declined 58 percent on average between 1970 and 2012. Broken down, those numbers look like this: Land animals have declined by 38 percent, marine…
A host of innovations in energy technology is transforming the climate-change outlook – one of the world's three required paradigm shifts. by Paul Rogers A wind farm in Elan Valley, Wales. (Photo: Richard Walker/flickr/cc) Heatwaves of more than 50⁰C in Iraq and India in recent weeks are yet further indications that climate disruption is a present-day reality, not something for the future…
The EPA hasn't released a study on ethanol or any other biofuel in years. By Erin Marquis Aug 25th 2016 A new study released by the University of Michigan on Thursday found the assumption that biofuels are better for the environment than gasoline is just that – an assumption. The new research shows that plant-based fuels might actually be worse polluters than…