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Eco Factor: Concept lamp depicts the virtues of trees and their importance. Industrial designer Kitae Pak has come up with a concept lamp that encourages people to think about the environment and its dependence on trees. Dubbed Tree & Root, the...

Eco Factor: New flower species absorbs nitrogen oxide and takes out heat from the atmosphere. Toyota is regularly being criticized by rivals, who claim that the company’s Prius isn’t as green as other vehicles once the car’s manufacturing...

Eco Factor: Spacecraft to predict floods and gauge the impact of climate change. The European Space Agency has launched the Smos (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) spacecraft that will help scientists predict floods easily by tracking water flow..

Eco Factor: Sustainable floating pavilion designed to harness solar energy for power. Construction is underway on the climate change resilient floating pavilion designed by DeltaSync, a spin-off company of the Delft University of Technology and...

Eco Factor: Spacecraft to help scientists understand polar climate change will be powered by the pressure of sunlight. Solar Sailing, a dream for most space engineers can soon meet reality as researchers are planning a spacecraft that will be...

Eco Factor: Making artificial clouds to prevent the sun’s rays from heating the planet. Climate change is a result of rapid industrialization and our quest to possess the latest in technology, which only came after emitting tremendous amounts of...

Eco Factor: India to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels by 2050. Developing countries like India and China are among the most polluting nations of the world. The only thing that can brighten these nations is the use of renewable energy at a...

Eco Factor: Adding lime to oceans would reduce their acidity and enable them to soak up more CO2. While curbing emissions still remains the best possible way to stop global warming or at least reduce its impact, researchers all over the globe are..

Eco Factor: Latest carbon capture technique would allow scientists to slow down global warming. Research conducted by an international team of scientists, led by the University of Manchester, has shown that underground water has been able to...

Eco Factor: Solar and wind powered habitat made from recycled materials. If anti-pollution measures don’t get the importance they should, then our planet is sure to enter a world where the difference between fish and humans will be minimized. ...