A Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Plastic Bags, Researchers Say

Researchers in Europe have found that the larvae of a common insect have an unusual ability to digest plastic, a discovery that could lead to biotechnical advances that help deplete the continual buildup of one of the world’s most stubborn pollutants.  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/science/plastic-eating-caterpillar.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0
Article courtesy of The New York Times by Jonah Engel Bromwich

A flying car will be available for preorder for more than $1 million

It may not be quite like the Jetsons, but for over a million dollars you too can soon fly around in a car.A Slovakian company called AeroMobil unveiled on Thursday its version of a flying car, a light-framed plane with wings that can fold back like an insect’s, a hybrid engine and rear propeller.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-flying-car-20170420-story.html
Article courtesy of the LA Times by The Associated Press

Up to 50% of Food is Wasted Globally!

The new report: Global Food: Waste not Want by the Institute for Mechanical Engineers estimates that between 30 and 50% of food produced across the world ends up being thrown away. This news is not new, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has long tracked these measurements reaching a similar conclusion.  http://www.thinkinggreen.gov.gi/index.php/resources/interesting-articles/97-up-to-50-of-food-is-wasted-globally
Article courtesy of Thinking Green

Scientists seek holy grail of climate change in Oman's hills

WADI ABDAH, Oman (AP) — Deep in the jagged red mountains of Oman, geologists are drilling in search of the holy grail of reversing climate change: an efficient and cheap way to remove carbon dioxide from the air and oceans.

They are coring samples from one of the world's only exposed sections of the Earth's mantle to uncover how a spontaneous natural process millions   http://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/Scientists-seek-holy-grail-of-climate-change-in-11070182.php

Article courtesy of Seatle PI from Associates Press by Sam Mcneil

The quest to capture and store carbon – and slow climate change — just reached a new milestone

A new large-scale technology has launched in Decatur, Illinois that, by combining together corn-based fuels with the burial of carbon dioxide deep underground, could potentially result in the active removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/10/the-quest-to-capture-and-store-carbon-and-slow-climate-change-just-reached-a-new-milestone/?utm_term=.4a3dc382d9ac
Article courtesy of The Washington Post by Chris Mooney

How one business is turning green grass into a green gas

From the rugged Scottish Highlands to the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, the U.K. is dotted with acres of lush, green land. Now, one green energy business is looking to harness the potential of grass and turn it into a gas.  http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/13/how-one-business-is-turning-green-grass-into-a-green-gas.html
Article courtesy of CNBC by Anmar Frangoul

From extreme drought to record rain: Why California's drought-to-deluge cycle is getting worse

California’s climate has long been dominated by cycles of intense dry conditions followed by heavy rain and snow.
But never before in recorded history has the state seen such an extreme drought-to-deluge swing.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-record-rains-20170410-story.html
Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times by Rong-Gong Lin II and Paige St. John