13 Climate Action
Adana’s endemic plant treasure: Natural inheritance from Toroslar
When it comes to Adana, the most often fertile Pitova Plain comes. The city, one of Turkey’s most important agricultural centers, is distinguished by many products from cotton to citrus. But there is a less known face of Adana. This geography extends to the valleys of Amanos Mountains from the high slopes of Toroslar, is home to one of the most rich plant diversity in Turkey...
Is food waste, plastic waste? Hard balance in fruit-sebze packaging
The struggle with plastic pollution has become one of the most visible titles of sustainability agenda. New regulations are prepared to reduce unnecessary packaging in market shelves in many countries. Plastics used especially in fruits and vegetables are often criticizing. But here is a remarkable paradox appear: Plastic packagings create an environmental problem, while the same zama...
Population, resources and future: What does a mathematical model say?
How does population and resources balance shape the future? Milan University: Applied mathematical model for 12.000 years data. What risks do results show?
Is the solution to produce drinking water from sea water, risk?
Belmont Desalination Plant, built in New South Wales province of Australia, is one of the most up-to-date examples of how climate crisis change water policies. The giant concrete structures placed in the depths of the ocean will carry to the purification system, pulling the sea water at about 800 meters open from the coast. With a full capacity in 2028, about 30 million litres per day...
Microplastic to carbon storage: Super trees of nature
Trees produce oxygen, carbon stores, provide shade. But some species do much more than that. Microplastics clean from water, heavy metals attract from the soil, protect the coast from storms, regreen the broken terrains. These types grow fast, require minimal maintenance and offer solutions to multiple environmental problems. Here is the example that comes out of nature-based solutions...
Flying ferry above water: model from Stockholm to the world
A ferry water surface in Stockholm is filtered above a meter and connected 14 islands of the city. The sound is not removed, the wave does not create, does not produce emissions. It was seen as a "interesting experiment" when it started to serve in October 2024. The Swedish Transport Administration pilot project in February 2026 successfully announced. Data net: Travel time halves, the number of passengers increased by 22,5 percent, carbon emissions of 94 percent...
What is the super cell phenomenon?
Most sky noisy storm lasts 30-40 minutes and creates local effect. However, some storms continue for hours, have a organized structure and become effective in a much wider area. These storms are called "super cell". The super cell storm observed in Gaziantep at the beginning of May 2026 showed that these systems can be formed in Turkey. But super cells are a global phenomenon...
1 threat from all 5 species under the soil
Penguens, polar bears, or pandalars, often carry on cuffs. But there is a much greater biodiversity crisis in the soil under our feet. A new research published in April 2026 reveals that 20 percent of soil-dependent types are threatened by global scale. Conservation International and International Union for Conservation of Natu...
Carbon capture capacity is growing but enough?
Carbon capture and storage technologies are growing fast on global scale. Up to 2030 of the current capacity according to 2025 data is expected. 2025 report of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute shows that the acceleration in this area increases. Operational facilities counted from 50 to 77. The total number of projects in the planning and construction stage reached 700. ...
Chemical recycling dissolves plastic crisis, melts
The plastic industry highlights the concept of “chemical recycling” in recent years. According to the rules, this technology can turn recycled plastic waste into new plastics. However, data shows that these promises are a serious difference between the truth. What happens in reality? In 2023, the study of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, connected to the US Ministry of Energy...
Is Venice portable?
Venice is a city with water for centuries. But today the same water threatens the future of the city. The rising sea level and the risk of increasing stone brings the question that Venice can stay in the long run. The issue according to scientists is no longer just managing water raids. The main question is how long the current measures can protect this historical city. Sea level...
Emperor penguen and fury foclar in danger
The effects of climate change are more visible on the species living in Antarctica. Recent reviews indicate that the emperor is taken into higher threatening categories of penguen and Antarctic fur. According to the data of the International Nature Protection Association, two types of sea ice are reduced and living space and nutrient loss due to the increase of ocean temperatures. Penguin population...