Climate Solutions: Shipping
Moving people and goods around our increasingly interconnected world requires a lot of energy, and that is especially true of vehicles that do so over water, which contribute 1.7 percent of the globe's carbon emissions from burning petrol and diesel. Efforts to eat away at this output center on the development of alternative powertrains for boats that transport passengers and freight, with solar power, wind, electric motors, advanced battery systems and even giant sails all on the menu.
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The belches of cattle around the world are a huge source of methane emissions, but a sprinkling of seaweed in their diets could change that. -
An adventurous spirit landed German-born Alexander Wopper in the southern Chilean city of Valdivia 30 years ago, and it's that same spirit that emboldened him to breathe new life into the underused river that cuts right through its center.