China meets surging demands for renewable energy from the rest of the world with floating solar farms. Large panels of solar panels float on the water, churning out clean renewable energy day in and day out, so to speak vista of what climate change-fighting countries can look and feel like.
Best Books on Thermal Envelopes – Have you ever thought why, while heating all day in winter at home, it feels like a draft? Why do the energy bills keep on rising month after month? It is all about something which one doesn’t usually think of as a building’s thermal …
Best Places For Computer Science Internship – Imagine This! You finally get your dream job as an intern in computer science, only to realize you have been located in a city where the opportunities are few and colder than the tech scene of last week’s coffee. The stakes are high, …
Best First-Year Science Classes Rutgers – Picking the right science courses in your first year makes all the difference between a successful and an academic burnout year. Coming into Rutgers, I didn’t know just how intense any of those classes could get. You may find yourself overwhelmed, frustrated, and in …
The Science Behind Global Warming – Can you even envision lying in bed one morning, waking up to extreme weather, catastrophically flooded coastal cities, and fully decimated ecosystems? Scary, right? But that’s where we are going to head if we continue to ignore what currently is going on with global …
How Air Pollution Affects Human Health – Imagine this: every time you breathe, it’s a pernicious attack against your body, weakening the lungs and damaging the heart, even having an impact on the brain. You cannot see it; it’s there: air pollution. It’s one of those dangers that are so …
The Role of Wetlands in Flood Prevention – Think of one day, getting up and finding your house submerged in muddy waters. Memories, everything in an instant is gone. This is not some wild nightmare; this is a reality for millions of people who live near rivers, lakes, or even …
Implement Sustainable Practices – Think about the pollution in our cities, buildings guzzling at our energy, and our streets filled with cars, as far as the eye can see. Add to that the crushing burden of climate change: melting glaciers, freaky, erratic weather patterns, and heat waves capable of bringing …
Effects of Deforestation on Biodiversity – Imagine this, waking up in the morning, going outside, and finding every single tree in the neighbourhood completely gone: no birds chirping, no rustling of leaves through the wind, no shade from the burning sun.
Wave Energy Harvesting – Imagine this you standing at the beach, seeing the endless waves roll in, and thinking, “Wow, there’s so much power here!”? You are not alone. Scientists and engineers have since been feverishly working to make that raw power of the ocean into clean electricity.
