As a result of the strict lockdown in Italy, water quality is said to have improved by about 30 percent. Researchers assume that there could be other reasons for this, however. For this statement, the quality of seawater was investigated over several weeks and now the first - but preliminary - results are to be
As GlobalData reports, the coal-fired power plants currently in operation are sufficient to prevent the world from reaching the target of maximum global warming set by the Paris Climate Convention. Currently, according to GlobalData, more than 60% of the larger active coal-fired power plants are located in the Asia-Pacific region. The difference with the coal-fired
People often associate the Blockchain with the term climate sinners. This is probably due to the huge energy hunger of Bitcoin mini-computers. They convert electricity into heat with each computing unit. According to analyses by the University of Cambridge, the Bitcoin network consumes more energy than all households in Switzerland combined. Since the mining computers
Real Vision CEO, Raoul Pal, sees it as a positive sign for Bitcoin that the crypto currency is gaining ground against gold. The persuasive power of Bitcoin as a store of value would increase enormously as a result of the gain over the precious metal. Three factors are responsible for the crypto currency's soaring price:
The drop in oil prices has created a huge mountain of debt and the lack of financing has triggered a wave of bankruptcies in the US fracturing industry. The collapse of oil prices in the spring caused a decline in drilling activities, especially in the USA. The raw material is said to have become almost
In Germany, less waste is to be produced and what is no longer used is to be increasingly recycled instead of ending up in incineration. In mid-September the Bundestag discussed waste prevention and recycling in order to initiate new rules for environmental protection. Two laws to be amended are the Closed Substance Cycle and Waste
Now it is official - Bitcoin and three further Kryptowährungen become soon tradable on PayPal. Approximately 26 million dealers and altogether 346 million active users will receive direct entrance to Kryptowährungen thereby. Shortly after the official statement the price of the PayPal share rose, within few minutes over 3% to 179 US Dollar. Thus the
According to a recent report of the Central Bank of Russia dated October 13, the government continues to work on a digital ruble. Its goal is to complement other forms of money, namely cash and bank accounts. Unlike crypto currencies and stablecoins, the "viability" of the digital ruble is guaranteed by the government. The already
Recently, the barren landscape of southern Tunisia has also become a place of solar power. At the end of last year, the first photovoltaic power plant in the North African country went into operation here, financed by the German Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) with 11.5 million euros. The 20-megawatt plant can generate about twice as
To generate energy from air sounds like a utopian dream at first - until today! Researchers have found out that it is quite possible to obtain energy from it. A device was developed that generates electricity from the humidity of the air. The key element is the so-called "air generator", which is driven by a
