Reasons To Be Cheerful published an interesting piece about migratory beekeepers in Yemen that move their hives to track the blooming seasons of the Sidr flower to produce the expensive Sidr honey. Practising migratory beekeeping increases the population of bees, but is not without its challenges from climate change, Malaria pesticide spraying, and illegal Sidr tree logging.
University College London published a detailed map of all the wood burners in England & Wales using data from Energy Performance Certificates (EPC). In 2022, domestic stoves produced 21.6% of UK PM 2.5 air pollution emissions, more than all road transport emissions.
Researchers at MIT have developed bacteria that can be added to crops and used as detectors that emit signals using colours of specific wavelengths. These colours can be monitored using hyperspectral imaging from 90 meters away to spot pollution and/or monitor soil health.
By Land And Sea is a great new website with lots of information about how to travel to and from Ireland, the UK, and Europe by ferry, rail, bus, and active travel, instead of flying in order to reduce emissions.
David Bauer built a handy tool that allows you to compare two job opportunities across impactful and fulfilling grouped categories such as work culture, skills match, job security, and agency, which produces graphs to help with your decision.
NASA tested a force field that deflects moon dust, on the moon! The Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) was successfully tested on board the Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1.
Heatmap produced a useful and award-winning website with guides on how to decarbonise areas of your life, from your car, house efficiency and heating, travel, and food.
