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Pollution and circulation

Planting trees: forests absorb carbon, stabilize climate and prevent soil erosion. Source: Chris Poulin/USFWS.

The things everyone can do to save the environment

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Smart cities turn trash into a resource

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Dong caterpillars, like the one in the picture, are able to gnaw and break down plastic. Image: Federica Bertocchini, Paolo Bombelli, and Chris Howe.

Can caterpillars that eat plastic save the world?

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Construction Site. Photo: Ricardo Gomez Angel, unsplash.

What happens when concrete and plastic meet?

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The next generation of plastic

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solar panels. Photo: pixabay.

The dirty side of clean energy

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The sewage flows into the sea in Haifa in 2015. Photo: Dr. Eil Rahab.

When the sewer and the sea meet

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Nahal Kishon. Photo: Hanay, Wikimedia.

Has 78 years of pollution come to an end?

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The desalination plant in Hadera. Despite the desalination, and perhaps because of it, the state of natural water in Israel is not alarming. Photo: IDE Technologies / Wikimedia.

Troubles of worshipers

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4 billion disposable coffee cups find their way into the trash every year. Source: pixabay.

The real price of a cup of coffee

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A graphic illustration depicting how sugar and carbon dioxide are converted into plastic. Courtesy of Georgina Gregory.

Plastic produced from sugar and carbon dioxide

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Exposure to chronic air pollution is equivalent to two years of accelerated aging in terms of cognitive ability. Photo: Wiebrig Krakau.

Aging in a polluted world

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wax worm. Source: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab.

Will the wax worms lead to an ecological solution that the world is waiting for?

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Ito's home pyrolysis machine can turn our plastic waste into liquid fuel and thus reduce our dependence on external energy sources. Source: pixabay.

Make plastic fuel at home

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The blocks of concrete in New York City will also be preserved and affect the geology of the earth. Photo: Chris Chabot.

Questions for the future of humanity: What geological imprint will we leave behind?

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Prof. Esti Segal from the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering. Courtesy: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson.

packing future

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diamond. Unfortunately, the new battery won't be as pretty. Cory Schmitz

Diamonds from nuclear waste are forever

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Fuel tank filled with plastic

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The 2008 Olympic torch race in the streets of Shenzhen, China. From the entry "Population explosion" in Wikipedia

A vision for a better world

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Dr. Erica Bruce. Photo: Baylor University

A common flame retardant is harmful to marine life

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The natural water cycle - no longer content with it

Is there no shortage of water in Israel?

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Brown University researchers Aaron Socha (left) and Jason Slough demonstrate the biodiesel production process

A simple method for obtaining biodiesel

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LCD monitors no longer die in vain

Waste from LCD TVs to prevent bacterial infections

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The polymer chains protect and shield the membrane surface below them

A revolutionary membrane for water desalination

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eyes for the blind

The "Young Engineer" competition

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