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10 Emerging Industries: A Look Into the Future of Opportunities

In today’s rapidly changing world, making informed career and industry choices has never been more crucial. Facing the contemporary challenge of the “employment maze,” young people especially need to consider the potential growth and stability of emerging industries. While technological advancements challenge many traditional sectors, they also pave the way for new opportunities. 10 emerging ...

Emma Lu

Man giving a presentation in a conference room to a group of business colleagues.

The Magnificent 2021 Yilan Green Expo in Taiwan

With the theme of “Hope Castle,” the 2021 Yilan Green Expo kicked off at the Wulaokeng Scenic Area (武荖坑風景區) in northern Taiwan’s Yilan County on March 27 and will run 44 days until May 9.  Combining a variety of DIY activities and events, the Green Expo is held in conformity with UN Sustainable Development Goals ...

Billy Shyu

The Yilan Green Expo.

Plant Rescuers: The New Face of Ecological Activism

You must have heard of animal rescuers who save abandoned creatures. But have you heard of plant rescuers? Just as with animals, these are people dedicated to saving the lives of neglected and suffering plants. The plant rescuers In the UK, a well-known rescue venture, “The Plant Rescuer,” focuses on buying plants that look like ...

Armin Auctor

House plants.

Saving the Bees: A Dutch Solution

In the town of Utrecht in the Netherlands, many of the bus stop rooftops are covered in plants. This has been done in support of saving the bees in the region. Saving the bees More than 300 bus stops in Utrecht have been converted into bee-friendly places. In addition to boosting the biodiversity of the ...

Troy Oakes

A bee pollinating a clover flower.

Evidence of Multiple Unmonitored Coal Ash Spills Found in NC Lake

Coal ash solids found in sediments collected from Sutton Lake in 2015 and 2018 suggest the eastern North Carolina lake has been contaminated by multiple coal ash spills, most of them apparently unmonitored and unreported until now. Avner Vengosh, professor of geochemistry and water quality at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, who led the ...

Troy Oakes

North Carolina's Sutton Lake.

China Looking for Ways to Solve Its Enormous Plastic Problem

With plastic pollution becoming a major problem in China, the government seems to have awakened to the issue, framing policies to limit the menace. Globally, less than a fifth of the world’s plastic is recycled. As far as China is concerned, it only recycles about 25 percent. The country accounts for nearly 29 percent of global ...

Max Lu

Plastic bottle waste in China.

A New Understanding Could Improve the Efficiency in Power Plants

The simple act of boiling water is one of humankind’s oldest inventions, and it’s still central to many of today’s technologies, from coffee makers to nuclear power plants. Yet this seemingly simple process has complexities that have long defied full understanding. Now, researchers at MIT have found a way to analyze one of the thorniest ...

Troy Oakes

A nuclear power plant.

Having a High IQ Won’t Be Enough to Prevent Ecological Disasters

High IQs aren’t going to be enough to stop an ecological disaster. It’s going to take social intelligence, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study co-authored by a University of Central Florida researcher and published in the journal Nature Communications. The findings could help identify why some groups better manage shared resources, such as water ...

Troy Oakes