The Future’s Green For Copenhagen • Discoverology

The Future’s Green For Copenhagen

Architecture, Cities, Nature

Copenhagen has already earned its reputation as Europe’s capital of style and sustainability. Now the city is embarking on some of the world’s most ambitious architecture projects in a bid to become the greenest on earth.

Related tags
Related posts
How I. M. Pei Shaped The Modern City

How I. M. Pei Shaped The Modern City

Architecture, Cities

I. M. Pei died at the age of 102 after a long career as an architect of great renown. The China-born, U.S.-trained architect took on commissions that helped reshape cities around the world through the second half of the 20th century.

The Air Conditioning Trap: How Cold Air Is Heating The World

The Air Conditioning Trap: How Cold Air Is Heating The World

Long Reads, Nature

Warmer temperatures lead to more air conditioning; more air conditioning leads to warmer temperatures. The problem posed by air conditioning resembles, in miniature, the problem we face in tackling the climate crisis. The solutions that we reach for most easily only bind us closer to the original problem.

Why Is Africa Building A Great Green Wall?

Why Is Africa Building A Great Green Wall?

Nature, Videos

Eleven countries are planting a wall of trees from east to west across Africa, just under the southern edge of the Sahara desert. The goal is to fight the effects of climate change by reversing desertification.

Prefab Needs To Be Fixed Before It Can Save Housing

Prefab Needs To Be Fixed Before It Can Save Housing

Architecture

Today, prefabrication in the United States is stunted. The small manufacturers that exist cannot invest in research and therefore cannot produce the more sophisticated projects that are needed today. Plus, in many cases, it can be less costly to ship a project over from a more experienced or innovative fabricator.

The Green Sludge That Could Transform Our Diets

The Green Sludge That Could Transform Our Diets

Food, Nature

One potential alternative food source – both for humans and the animals we eat – is algae. Microalgae is rich in protein, amino acids, fatty acids, and vitamins. Could the green stuff that appears on ponds and lakes after a particularly warm spell be the answer to the planet’s food security problems?

Tourism Is Eating The World

Tourism Is Eating The World

Cities, Economics, World

The number of international tourist arrivals has been increasing more or less exponentially since the mid-20th century, and totaled about 1.4 billion in 2018. Europe has seen the biggest share, but the Asia-Pacific region is growing fast.

Inside China’s Ghost Cities

Inside China’s Ghost Cities

Architecture, Cities, Videos

Australia’s 60 Minutes TV program visited China’s eerie ghost towns. An entire city – all the buildings, the roads, schools, hospitals, you name it – except the people. There is not a soul to be seen.

Floating Island System Imagines A Future For The People Of Kiribati

Floating Island System Imagines A Future For The People Of Kiribati

Architecture, Innovation

Kiribati is in danger of being lost to rising sea levels. In response to this, YAC launched the ‘Kiribati floating houses’ competition to architects and designers across the globe. Marcin Kitala’s winning project comprises a system of pentagonal-shaped platforms, which can be easily connected or disconnected.

Heaven Or High Water: Selling Miami’s Last 50 Years

Heaven Or High Water: Selling Miami’s Last 50 Years

Cities, Long Reads

The consensus among informed observers is that the sea will rise in Miami Beach somewhere between 13 and 34 inches by 2050. Sunset Harbour is expected to fare slightly worse, and to do so more quickly. Thus, I felt the Sunset Harbour area was a good place to start pretending to buy a home here.

Scientists Found Ancient, Never-Before-Seen Viruses In A Glacier

Scientists Found Ancient, Never-Before-Seen Viruses In A Glacier

Health, Nature, Science

Researchers have recovered evidence of ancient viruses in the glacier ice, including 28 viral groups that are new to science. As our planet undergoes climate change, these frozen records can inform predictions about which microorganisms will survive, and what the resulting environment will look like.

Rubber Tires — A Dirty Business

Rubber Tires — A Dirty Business

Business, Nature, Videos

The booming global tire market is worth billions – but this comes at a high price, both to humans and the environment. Over 50 million car tires are sold each year in Germany alone. But where does the natural rubber for them come from?

How Scientists Imagined And Built An Undersea Utopia For Humans

How Scientists Imagined And Built An Undersea Utopia For Humans

Architecture, Cities, History, Science

During the late 1960s many believed revolutionary social and political change was imminent, and Jacques Cousteau was no exception. Soon there would be “undersea parliaments and new nations,” he wrote; “poets, architects, and painters would be needed to give expression” to this “new world.”

We use cookies on this website to analyse your use of our products and services, provide content from third parties and assist with our marketing efforts. Learn more about our use of cookies and available controls: cookie policy. Please be aware that your experience may be disrupted until you accept cookies.