The Waterly

New Device Purifies Saltwater Over a 1000 Times Faster Than Standard Industrial Equipment

Researchers have successfully filtered salt from water for the first time using fluorine-based nanostructures. These fluorous nanochannels are more effective than conventional desalination technologies because they operate quicker, use less pressure, are a more effective filter, and use less energy.

Feeding 'Supplements' to Corals Could One Day Help to Regrow The Great Barrier Reef

The corals we find in the world's reefs have their own microbiomes, and scientists are figuring out how to feed them probiotic 'supplements' – to try and save them for future generations.

Brief: Nanobubble startup Moleaer raises $40m to make water more impactful for agri and aquaculture

US startup Moleaer has closed a $40 million Series C round for its nanobubble technology that treats and enriches water systems for a variety of industries, including agriculture and aquaculture. Apollo led the round, joined by Husqvarna Group as well as existing investors.

VAPAR completes AUD$2.5M raise to lead global expansion with AI pipe inspection software

Australian AI-based stormwater and sewerage pipeline maintenance software VAPAR, today announced it has raised AUD$2,500,000 in seed funding to lead its expansion into global markets.

Plastitar: mix of tar and microplastics is new form of pollution, say scientists 

The discovery came as a team of researchers were combing the shores of the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canaries. Time and again, set against the sparkling waters that lapped the Playa Grande, they spotted clumps of hardened tar, dotted with tiny, colourful fragments of plastic.

Climate crisis is ‘battering our economy’ and driving inflation, new book says

Forget Ukraine, coronavirus, corporate greed and “supply chain issues”, when it comes to inflation the climate crisis is the real, lasting, worry, according to a new book, and one that’s only likely to get worse.

Heat, humidity kill at least 2,000 Kansas cattle, state says

The deaths add pain to the U.S. cattle industry as producers have reduced herds due to drought and grappled with feed costs that climbed as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine tightened global grain supplies.

EPA imposes stricter limits on four types of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ 

The US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced new advisory limits for four kinds of PFAS “forever chemicals”, warning that the compounds, which most Americans are exposed to daily, are far more toxic than previously thought.

Jonathan DeLong is an ocean advocate, entrepreneur, and lifelong sailor - from coastal cruising to competitive racing. He currently lives aboard a lovely sailboat on the San Francisco Bay, with thousands of miles logged. Committed to systems design thinking, Jonathan focuses on regenerative ocean economies from policy to economic forces, to funding and innovation pipelines, to execution and adoption. His personal project and research dataset for the Blue New Deal has become an opensource tool for those seeking to better understand ocean economies. When not mentoring and facilitating hackathons and startup workshops, he can be found delivering innovative tech solutions to telecom carriers and government agencies. His passion is exploring the intersection of prosperity, humanity, and ocean ecology to drive social, racial, & environmental justice.