Environment
Sunlight to Petrol
As the quest for finding alternative sources of energy and ways to combat global warming mounts, a research team from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico is building a prototype device intended to chemically “reenergise” carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion.
The carbon monoxide could then be used to [...]
World’s Top 10 Most Polluted Places
Blacksmith Institute released its second annual report `The World’s Worst Polluted Places’ on September 12, 2007 in partnership with Green Cross Switzerland.
The list of the top 10 most polluted places (and the cause of its pollution) where toxic pollution and human habitation collide with devastating effects are:
Sumqayit, Azerbaijan: Heavy metal, oil and chemical production.
Chernobyl, Ukraine: [...]
