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Scientists turn seawater into fresh water without harmful brine

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Scientists have developed a solar-powered desalination system that turns seawater into fresh water while removing nearly all of the leftover salt as a solid instead of producing harmful brine. The self-cleaning technology could also recover valuable minerals such as lithium, potentially turning desalination waste into a useful resource.

Source: Scientists turn seawater into fresh water without harmful brine

Fascinating.

Ford covered the roof of its enormous Rouge factory with living plants instead of conventional roofing, and years later the industrial site has become an unlikely habitat for birds above one of America’s most famous car plants

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Ford covered its enormous Rouge factory roof with living plants, creating an unlikely wildlife habitat above a working auto plant.

Source: Ford covered the roof of its enormous Rouge factory with living plants instead of conventional roofing, and years later the industrial site has become an unlikely habitat for birds above one of America’s most famous car plants

Pretty cool idea.

A Kansas rancher let 50 wind turbines rise across his 7,000-acre cattle ranch in 2005, and 20 years later the cows still graze beneath them while wind royalties provide roughly half his income and help keep the land in the family

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A Kansas rancher turned 50 wind turbines into steady income while cattle kept grazing across his 7,000-acre spread.

Source: A Kansas rancher let 50 wind turbines rise across his 7,000-acre cattle ranch in 2005, and 20 years later the cows still graze beneath them while wind royalties provide roughly half his income and help keep the land in the family

Nice.