Although sulfides are small contributors to the Earth's crust, many are valuable components in metallic ore, such as copper, lead, silver, zinc and iron, with iron ore making up the remaining 3 percent of the Earth's crust. Found mostly in igneous, or volcanic, rock, sulfides are generall...
According to The Ellen Macarthur Foundation4, the root cause of all this waste is the current structure of the economy: we take materials from the earth, make products from them, and eventually throw them away as waste. The foundation advocates a transition from this so...
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Brutalist design has evolved from the cold, unfinished concrete buildings that dominated the style in the 1950s. However, it remains true to its core principle, which is letting simple materials like concrete, linen, steel or wood define the space through straight edges that resemble organic eleme...
Planet Earth is made up of four overlapping subsystems that contain all of world’s land masses, water sources, living organisms, and gases. These four subsystems are known as spheres. Geographers break down the Earth’s systems into four spheres that make up the world’s air (atmosphere),...
The upshot of building a bigger rocket is pretty straightforward: heavier payloads and greater range. When it's done, Starship might be able to wrestle up to 250 tons intolow-Earth orbitin an expendable configuration or 150 tons with Super Heavy recovery. SpaceX is also working on orbital ...
we’ll tell you what you should be recycling in South Africa. While recycling seems fairly simple, there are nuances to the trash game. Just like products contain multiple ingredients, packaging is composed of different materials – some of them not being recyclable, which is often overlooked. ...
"There's a fundamental juncture in the history of really any civilization on a single planet, which is, do you get to the second planet, or do you not?" The ship would be spacious enough for 100 passengers, along with their luggage, plus the materials to build homes, businesses, rocket...
Sourcing sustainable materials, like those in this Singapore green building, can count toward a company’s ESG rating. ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) investing is a tool that investors use to measure the nonfinancial issues of a company and understand how it manages externali...
Although they are often confused and may be used interchangeably, the terms commodity and product are very different.