Absorbing An Oil Spill With Cork And Lasers (Cool Weird Awesome 1229)
On today's show we’re uncorking a new method to treat oil spills with cork and lasers, an unexpected and potentially greener combination.
Egg Whites Are Helping Get Microplastics Out Of The Ocean (Cool Weird Awesome 915)
Taking plastic out of the ocean is hard, especially when it comes to microplastics. Now there’s a study out of Princeton that says we can get some help in that effort from egg whites.
The Great Green Wall Is Regreening Parts of Africa’s Sahel (Cool Weird Awesome 559)
The Great Green Wall is a multi-country project in and around Africa’s Sahel region to re-green areas that have turned to desert because of overuse, expanding desert and climate change.
Want To Save Water? Put Solar Panels Over Canals (Cool Weird Awesome 558)
Summer in California can mean drought, so every drop of water counts. A research project there says putting solar panels over the state's many miles of water canals could save tens of billions of gallons of water a year.