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Thursday, September 28, 2023

In This Edition:
Going meat-free, aviation emissions scenarios, plastic eating bacteria, Oasis ADHD visor, detecting how gravity influences antimatter, & how to build a forest!

Aviation Emissions Scenarios

Image: Sustainability By Numbers, Hannah Ritchie

Hannah Ritchie published an excellent two-part explainer on the reality of aviation emissions and how the sector can respond to the Climate Emergency. Part one looks at various demand scenarios coupled with action scenarios of varying degrees and methods of reduction. Part two investigates the current landscape of aviation biofuels and the scale at which it would need to increase to meet the different demand and reduction scenarios. In reality, demand will need to reduce first in order to curb emissions before scaled sustainable aviation fuel is ready.

Plastic Eating Bacteria

Image: Unsplash, Brian Yurasits

Researchers at North Carolina State University have engineered new bacteria that can break down Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic while in saltwater.

Oasis ADHD Visor

Image: University of Limerick

University of Limerick graduate Joël Olympio was named the national winner of the James Dyson Award in Ireland for his Oasis visor, which is designed to reduce visual distractions for ADHD sufferers using a film that dims the wearer's mid-to-far peripheral vision.

Detecting How Gravity Influences Antimatter

Image: CERN

Scientists at CERN developed an experiment to test if gravity influences anti-matter in the same manner as with matter. The elaborate technical experiment found, using lots of magnets, that anti-matter is indeed influenced by gravity.

How To Build A Forest

Image: The Irish Times, Bryan O'Brien

Catherine Cleary of The Irish Times tells the fantastic story about how her and her husband decided to build a forest by buying the cheapest suitable land they could find and plant 27 acres of native trees as a form of Climate Action.

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