Hi everyone, I did a two week internship through Divea, a Swiss carbon capture company, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in the Laboratory of Advanced Separations (LAS) las August. Here, my project was to experimentally develop a carbon capture membrane from a polymer. The methods being used were novel and had not been tried before. This is a review of what I did at Divea.

In a world overwhelmed with data, graphs, and warnings, a haunting melody or swelling orchestral score can sometimes do what science alone cannot. Make us feel. As the climate crisis grows dire, a powerful yet effective psychological tool is starting to take shape in response: music. Whether in documentaries, performed live, or integrated with trendy modern-day songs, music plays an important role in helping climate change efforts. Its ability to make people feel, relate, and understand the need for a better planet is a true testament to music’s ability to help people empathize.

Whether your science teacher brought it up in class or you saw it trending online, the Big Beautiful Bill has been taking the media up by storm in the past few months. Issued, and finally passed under the presidency of Donald Trump, American citizens say it’s one of the boldest environmental laws in years and is something that could change the way that we deal with climate change. However, whether the bill benefits or hinders the efforts to slow the warming of our Earth is still up for debate. 

As a child I was an enthusiastic explorer, meaning that I visited a lot of national parks across the country. From the peaks of Yosemite to the swamps of the Everglades, I quickly discovered the natural beauty that our nation has to offer, and the vast, diverse landscapes that vary drastically amongst different states and regions. However as I grew older and continued to visit more national parks, I noticed some large differences. I noticed that the landscapes tended to be drier, with less vegetation than prior years. I noticed that there was less and less snow every single winter.

As climate change continues to be the most pressing global issue, high schools across the globe are taking steps towards a more sustainable future. One movement gaining lots of momentum in recent years is the push for energy divestment—to urge high schools to shift their investment from fossil fuels into renewable energy.

Lake Okeechobee has an important economic contribution to the economy of Florida. Unfortunately, the health of the lake has been drastically reducing over the past years and by extension, has serious economic impacts. This is a brief overview of the impact it has on Florida's economy.

In the era of impending threat from climate change, and the exigency of needing to switch to cleaner and renewable resources, it is clear that wind power will play a crucial role in the future. There are 2 primary types of wind turbines, Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs) and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines ( VAWTs). They both have their places in the coming decades when switching to renewable energy.

Deforestation is the clearing of forests on a large scale and is one of the biggest environmental problems that is contributing to climate change. Trees are cut down for timber, agriculture, and urban development, but forests are a necessary component in the climate system. As a result, their clearing leads to the emission of carbon, which affects the ability of the planet to sequester greenhouse gases.

Microplastics are plastic particles that are less than 5 mm in size and are being deposited into the oceans at a rapid rate, which has negative impacts on marine life, the environment, and even human health. These particles come from various sources, including worn-down plastic waste, microbeads used in personal care products, and synthetic fibers from clothes. As a result of the increasing production of plastics, microplastics have become one of the most widespread and durable pollutants in the environment.