Nature may have found a way to dispose of the huge amounts of plastic garbage, which has been increasingly accumulating in the oceans. A small bacteria feeding on it has been discovered. This may be a boon or a bane for the aquatic environment.
Posts tagged "nature"
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Bug munches plastic trash, possibly cleaning oceans →
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The World’s First Vertical Forest →
Last Autumn, websites like Inhabitat and TreeHugger reported about Stefano Boeri’s plans for a stunning vertical urban forest in Milan. A great and definitely inspiring idea! But don’t we often see these kinds of urban fantasies that never leave the drawing board? Not this time — construction has already started. This Big City has posted pictures of the first frameworks. That makes the project even more interesting, as we never before witnessed the building of a vertical forest. The Bosco Verticale will cost some 6 million euros. In fact the tower does not only accommodate trees, but also luxury apartments. Each apartment has a balcony designed to hold approximately 900 small trees and plants, making the facade look like an impressive forest.
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Business turns to ants and algorithms in search for profit →
We’re unlikely to see ants invading corporate boardrooms any time soon, but these tiny insects are helping save some of the world’s biggest companies a small fortune.
For they are the inspiration behind just one of the complex mathematical formulae that a growing number of corporations are embracing as a way to gain competitive advantage.
These so-called algorithms use vast amounts of raw data to provide solutions to complex problems, from streamlining supply chains to where best to drill for oil.
