The Waterly

World’s biggest machine capturing carbon from air turned on in Iceland

Operators say the Orca plant can suck 4,000 tonnes of CO2 out of the air every year and inject it deep into the ground to be mineralised

New oxidation technology can enhance waste water reuse at lower cost

The new technique, which uses UV-Photocatalysis, can treat municipal sewage and highly polluting industrial wastewater streams and increase its reuse as a technological option in industrial as well as municipal wastewater treatments.

Shipping powerhouse invests in Californian fuel start-up backed by Warren Buffett

Denmark’s Maersk has invested in WasteFuel, a California-based start-up centered around the conversion of agricultural and municipal waste into fuels, in order to “develop green bio-methanol production in the Americas and Asia.”

Gross-Wen Technologies Closes Oversubscribed $6.5 Million Investment

GWT is a wastewater treatment technology company which uses algae instead of bacteria or chemicals to recover nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. Algae is considered the most sustainable way to treat wastewater. This is because during the treatment process algae is consuming CO2 from the atmosphere, then the CO2 containing algae is used as a slow-release fertilizer.

Medical Journals Call Climate Change the ‘Greatest Threat to Global Public Health’

"The science is unequivocal; a global increase of 1.5°C above the preindustrial average and the continued loss of biodiversity risk catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse,” the authors wrote. “Indeed, no temperature rise is ‘safe.’"

Earth’s tipping points could be closer than we think. Our current plans won’t work

Current plans to avoid catastrophe would work in a simple system like a washbasin, in which you can close the tap until the inflow is less than the outflow. But they are less likely to work in complex systems, such as the atmosphere, oceans and biosphere.

Third of shark and ray species face extinction, warns study

"Sharks and rays are the canary in the coalmine of overfishing. If I tell you that three-quarters of tropical and subtropical coastal species are threatened, just imagine a David Attenborough series with 75% of its predators gone." said Prof Nicholas Dulvy.

Liars, Liars Planet’s on Fire, The Brockovich Report

Erin Brockovich: "More than a week ago, Hurricane Ida made landfall as one of the strongest storms to hit the United States, and of course, in areas that are already polluted, there’s trouble."

Tom Chi has worked in a wide range of roles from astrophysical researcher, to AI designer, to corporate executive, to entrepreneur and most recently, Investment Fund manager. He's played a significant role in establising new projects with global reach including Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo Search and Google X.