This Brilliant Teen Has A 10-Year Plan To Clean Up The Pacific Ocean When diving in Greece, Boyan Slat discovered that there was more plastic than fish in the water. The 19-year-old was not only inspired to take action, but he has come up with plan to clean up half the garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean -- in just 10 years. With millions of tons of plastic making its way into the oceans, the environmental activist devised a feasible and efficient way to extract it from the water using "the currents to [his] advantage" by attaching a floating structure to the sea bed to capture the waste. Watch Slat explain his idea in the video above. "I don't really view my age as a disadvantage to get these things done. Simply I've thought about how to tackle the problem and I've worked for a number of years to bring it closer to reality," says Slat, who is founder and president of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation. For more information, check out Slat's website and visit theoceancleanup.com. [h/t Elite Daily] Follow HuffPost Teen on Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pheed | video
Scientists unravel genetic causes of prostate, breast and ovarian cancer | Science A national screening programme for prostate cancer could be introduced by the NHS following an international effort by more than 1,000 scientists to unravel the genetic causes of prostate, breast and ovarian cancer. The study, the largest to look for the faulty DNA that drives the cancers, revealed scores of genetic markers that can identify people most likely to develop the diseases. Doctors said a simple £5 saliva test based on the markers could give patients a personalised "risk profile" for the diseases and pave the way for individually tailored screening, with those most at risk having more regular health checks. The findings have major implications for the treatment of prostate cancer. A test based on markers for the disease could identify men whose lifetime risk was 50%, nearly five times the national average. A screening service could be offered within five years, and would transform treatment for the most common cancer among British men.
19-Year-Old Aerospace Student Boyan Slat Invents Cleanup System For Plastic Choking Our Oceans Research Published on April 2nd, 2013 | by Cynthia Shahan 19-year-old Boyan Slat’s impassioned and educated opinion reminds us that youth, with its promising vital force, often taps into genius. If he is correct, Slat has designated some flair for environmental cleanup. Plastic once seemed as a piece of the revolution for a positive future. It reminds me of the War with the Newts, a 1936 satirical science fiction novel by Czech author Karel Čapek, but with plastic replacing the Newts in this novel. Some of the most notable places studied where plastic pollution is evident is in the giant trash gyres (trash vortexes) floating in the oceans. 79,000 Years of Cleanup to an Efficient 5 Years Check out Slat’s The Ocean Cleanup for more details on his plans to clean up the ocean at an incredible speed. And definitely watch this Ted talk below and learn about a future that he considers viable. About the Author
The Ocean Cleanup - Boyan Slat In 2011, together with friend Tan Nguyen, Boyan Slat embarked on writing his final paper in the last year of secondary education, researching the possibility of remediation world’s oceanic garbage patches. During this project, they performed analyses on concentration of particles between 90 micron and 333 micron, plastic/plankton separation, plastic depth measurement devices and amount of plastic within the top layer of the gyres. Spending over 500 hours on the paper (instead of the required 80 hours), it has won several final paper prizes, including Best Technical Design 2012 at the Delft University of Technology. Boyan continued the development of his concept during the summer of 2012, and revealed it several months later at TEDxDelft 2012. At iSea Clash of The Concepts, The Ocean Cleanup was awarded the second prize by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.
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Apply to be an Ambassador! | Akshaya Pātra USA About Youth Ambassadors Akshaya Patra is looking for driven, motivated youth activists, like you, who are passionate about creating a more just world for themselves and others. This is a voluntary role which is open to junior or high school students living anywhere in the United States. As a Youth Ambassador you will develop new skills while working to expand the reach of Akshaya Patra. The program offers the unique opportunity for youth leaders to build leadership, networking, and public presentation skills while improving the lives of over 1.4 million children in India. As a Youth Ambassador, you will: Use Virtual classrooms to learn skills in public speaking, networking, donor cultivation, and fundraising;Make presentations and enroll new donors;Help Akshaya Patra build a grassroots movement in the US. Qualifying Graduates will receive: Program Expectations: Program Commitment: Time Commitments: Applying: Applications for Admission to the Youth Ambassadors Program are on a rolling basis.
Global warming predictions prove accurate | Environment Forecasts of global temperature rises over the past 15 years have proved remarkably accurate, new analysis of scientists' modelling of climate change shows. The debate around the accuracy of climate modelling and forecasting has been especially intense recently, due to suggestions that forecasts have exaggerated the warming observed so far – and therefore also the level warming that can be expected in the future. But the new research casts serious doubts on these claims, and should give a boost to confidence in scientific predictions of climate change. The paper, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature Geoscience, explores the performance of a climate forecast based on data up to 1996 by comparing it with the actual temperatures observed since. The study is the first of its kind because reviewing a climate forecast meaningfully requires at least 15 years of observations to compare against.
The carbon foodprint of 5 diets compared It is well understood that meat production has a big carbon footprint. Numerous studies detail the climate impact of livestock, but just how big is it’s impact on a person’s foodprint? This post compares the carbon footprints of five different American diets and finds that when it comes to foodprints vegan’s lead the way. The carbon footprint of different diets Even since the FAO announced that 18% of global emission result from livestock people have talked about the climate benefits of reducing meat consumption. More recent studies show that food system emissions could account for as much as quarter of all human emissions. Such studies beg the question, what is the impact of meat on an individual’s foodprint? This analysis tries to answer that question using data from the US. Meat Lover, Average, No Beef, Vegetarian and Vegan For each diet we look solely at the emissions associated with food supply, so we do not include those from consumer’s transportation, storage or the cooking of food.
Reti da pesca, ricicliamole come capi d’abbigliamento Recuperare le reti da pesca e trasformarle in vestiti, costumi e calze. È questa l’idea che sta alla base di Healthy Seas, a journey from waste to wear, un progetto internazionale che mira a raccogliere le reti da pesca dismesse per trasformarle in capi di abbigliamento. Troppo spesso infatti questi attrezzi, quando non sono più utilizzati, vengono bruciati, sotterrati, oppure gettati in mare. Secondo un rapporto di Fao e Unep le reti alla deriva negli oceani ammontano a circa 640 000 tonnellate e costituiscono un decimo del totale dei rifiuti presenti in mare. Queste, oltre a inquinare le nostre acque e a rimanere nell’ecosistema marino per centinaia di anni, rappresentano un grave pericolo per delfini, tartarughe e uccelli che spesso vi rimangono intrappolati. Ma in che modo le reti da pesca possono trasformarsi in capi da indossare? foto: Corbis
Eco Bath by Jang Woo-seok Use Your Water Twice It goes in the sink, then it goes in the toilet. What’s that? It’s your water bill! You’ve got to conserve in any way you can. You simply must read this little poem written about this toilet system by it’s designer, Jang Woo-seok: Express the flow of water. Fresh, yes? Jang gets the idea for the Eco Bath from the naturally flowing waterways all around us. Designer: Jang Woo-seok Zika Virus Rumors and Theories That You Should Doubt Mounting evidence points to Zika. The outbreak of microcephaly began in northeastern Brazilian cities where doctors had already seen thousands of people with “doença misteriosa” — the mystery disease — which was later proved to be caused by the Zika virus. Although there is no rapid test for Zika, the symptoms are easily recognized — a rash, bloodshot eyes, fever and joint pain, in large numbers of patients who are almost never dangerously ill. Although they initially misdiagnosed it, Brazilian doctors knew for months that they had a large outbreak of an unusual disease on their hands. Within weeks after the “mystery disease” appeared, doctors began noticing an uptick in adult paralysis — Guillain-Barré syndrome, an auto-immune disease that can be triggered by viral infections. About a year after the outbreak began in northeast Brazil, cases of microcephaly began appearing among newborns there.
VIDEO: Union of Concerned Scientists Calls Out News Corporation for Overwhelmingly Misleading Coverage of Climate Science Union of Concerned Scientists calls out News Corporation for overwhelmingly misleading coverage of climate science On September 21, 2012, the Union of Concerned Scientists hand-delivered nearly 20,000 postcards to News Corporation's New York headquarters calling on News Corp. to stop misleading its audience about climate science. The delivery culminated a UCS-sponsored event that highlighted the current state of climate science and its coverage in the media. The video above captures the highlights from the day's activities in Bryant Park and outside News Corp. headquarters. News Corporation misleads nearly 4 million viewers and readers on climate science Our recent snapshot analysis, Is News Corp. Don't stand for it! Misinformation like this confuses the public about the facts of global warming and delays essential action to reduce the man-made emissions that cause global warming. Here's how you can help set the record straight: Tell Rupert Murdoch to get the facts straight!
The Venus Project Coordinates: The Venus Project organization advocates what founder Jacque Fresco calls a resource-based economy. The projected plan is to combine Fresco's versions of sustainable development, energy efficiency, natural resource management, and advanced automation in a global socioeconomic system based on social cooperation and scientific methodology. Located in Venus, Florida, the Venus Project is in a 21.5-acre (8.7-hectare) facility.[1] History[edit] The Venus Project was founded in 1995 as a for-profit corporation by Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows in Venus, Florida.[2] A separate, nonprofit organization started by Fresco and his business partner Roxanne Meadows is Future By Design, founded in 2003.[3] Fresco lectures his ideas and gives tours of the Venus Project location.[4] Resource-based economy[edit] The term "resource based economy" is used by the Venus Project to describe a hypothetical economic system in which goods, services, and information are free. The Zeitgeist Movement[edit]
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