Bringing you; the weekly, positive, and Green related articles and more. Happy Summer. Hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well. Britain is dropping 20 concrete reef cubes and 44 tons of scallop shells into the sea, and the goal is to bring back oysters down more than 95% since the 1800s – ECOticias.com The aircraft, designed to replace the traditional tube-and-wing configuration, will seat 250 passengers and have a range of nearly 5,800 miles, though it still faces several major uncertainties – ECOticias.com Florida is turning the shells left behind by restaurant patrons into living reefs, but the figure of 500,000 metric tons does not appear in official records – ECOticias.com Scientists have transformed a simple fragment of a cicada’s wing into an optical platform capable of detecting molecular signals that, under normal conditions, would be virtually impossible to detect – ECOticias.com This all-electric VinFast taxi service just debuted in Europe | Electrek This huge Texas solar hub is nearly 1 GW, and it’s only half built | Electrek Hyundai reveals new 7-seat electric minivan concept Hyundai IONIQ 5 spotted with new high-tech setup and 18" screen The Best EDC Sling Bags, Picked by Carry Job Lectron Nexus EV Chargers Make Home Charging More Practical SwitchBot Battery Circulator Fan 2 Pro Skips the Power Outlet Jackery FridgeGuard Costco Exclusive: Price, Specs, and Availability
Part 2 Scientists are testing “flying doors” that keep trawls above the seabed, and the result could change how fishing scars the ocean floor – ECOticias.com A $100 battery printed in Belfast could replace expensive lab equipment, and the breakthrough may change how scientists test renewable energy storage – ECOticias.com New Orleans is collecting thousands of used Christmas trees and dropping them from helicopters to slow the loss of land, which has already exceeded 5,000 square kilometers – ECOticias.com A monkey with orange lips was hiding in Congo’s rainforest, and scientists say its discovery is rare enough to change what they knew – ECOticias.com A new Zipcar pilot pairs shared EVs with off-grid solar charging | Electrek Genesis GV60 Magma costs $10K more than Hyundai IONIQ 5 N Plug-in port: Brazilian Port of Santos electrifies DP World terminal IEA: Global EV sales jump 35% in Q2 and 50 countries set records | Electrek The Best Portable Power Stations We've Tested for 2026 | PCMag Seven Ways to Make Your Email Aliases Even More Secure | Lifehacker Living Underwater in 2026: New Ocean Habitat Just Dropped - CNET Secure your digital life across multiple devices | PCWorld
Part 3 An Arctic bobtail squid was filmed alive for the first time, and what she was protecting under the ice made the sighting even rarer – ECOticias.com Scientists turned mixed plastic waste into hydrogen fuel without sorting it first, and the carbon problem did not escape the reactor – ECOticias.com An AI analyzed 170,000 bird bones from more than 2,000 species, and the result pushes Darwin’s idea one step further – ECOticias.com A GPS collar on a young bull elephant in Zambia recorded 7,400 miles across four countries and six national parks, tracing ancient routes that border fences now block – ECOticias.com The new Mercedes GLA EV is bigger and has 400+ miles of range The 2027 Cadillac Lyriq gains a key upgrade for $200 more Solid-state EV battery leaders team up to scale the new tech Kia EV3 production to begin in Mexico next week to sell in the US Broadband Cables Are Surprisingly Good at Detecting Earthquakes The Great Lakes Are Hiding a Secret Underworld of Tardigrades and Rock-Eating Fungi Scientists Find Evidence of Lost Amazonian Civilization That May Have Been Home to Millions This Asteroid Has 3 Lobes and a Secret Moon Scientists Didn't Expect
Part 4 The cheapest and longest lasting electric car battery is the one nobody wants to recycle, and Colorado passed a law to fix the math before those packs become hazardous waste – ECOticias.com US scientists poured 16,500 gallons of lye into the Gulf of Maine and dyed the water bright pink to track it, the first federally approved try at reversing ocean acidity – ECOticias.com Divers found grouper and snapper massing around 69 steel wind turbine foundations off Taiwan, because on a flat sandy seabed that is the only thing that looks like a cliff – ECOticias.com NASA satellites caught an underwater eruption in the Bismarck Sea off Papua New Guinea that could raise a new island, though the tremors have been fading since June – ECOticias.com Kia's vehicles are about to get a smart upgrade, starting in 2027 Vermont's largest energy source is now a virtual power plant | Electrek BMW ramps up iX3 output as orders near 100,000 Mitsubishi's 'all-new' Eclipse Sportback EV is a rebadged Nissan Leaf | Electrek Here's Where You Want To Be To See The 2026 Solar Eclipse Can Using Your Phone While Charging Affect Its Battery Life? Honda Has A New Partner For The Advancement Of Solid-State Battery Technology How To Safely Recycle Your Old USB Cables
Part 5 (Sorry about delay. website was having some issues on the previous night.) Bacteria living inside an abandoned German uranium mine can lock up 96% of the dissolved radioactive material, which means the mine may already hold the cure for its own contamination – ECOticias.com Explorers discovered a cave in Vietnam with rare cave pearls, delicate natural formations that look like jewels made by darkness and water – ECOticias.com Giant footprints in Mongolia are shaking up what we knew about dinosaurs, because their size and shape tell a story that does not fit neatly into the old picture – ECOticias.com Melting ice in Norway revealed 1,300-year-old skis in remarkable condition, an icy window into how people moved through high mountains centuries ago – ECOticias.com BMW iX5 LWB debuts with 620 miles range, huge screens [Images] Forget what you read on Facebook: 94% of EV drivers won't go back to gas | Electrek E-quipment Highlight: SANY SKT145Ei autonomous haul truck NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds a Vast Sea of Strange Honeycomb Patterns on Mars The New Mercedes-Benz GLA Electric Is a Small SUV With Big Range Expectations Mercury Has a Radiation Belt After All—But It's Super Wonky Astronomers Spotted a Wandering Black Hole at the Edge of Its Galaxy. Then It Found a Snack These Moths Smell Flowers Through Their Wings, Study Finds
Part 6 A home built with tires keeps a steady 68 °F without heating or air conditioning, a sustainable oddity that turns trash into comfort – ECOticias.com At 17, a student in Bangladesh used old laptop batteries, broken circuit boards, and parts from an old tube TV to build a solar-powered water purifier – ECOticias.com He buried tubes in his yard and cooled his house without air conditioning using an old geothermal system, a simple idea that sounds very tempting when the heat gets nasty – ECOticias.com Driving 100 kilometers in an electric car can cost just 2 or 3 euros compared with 10 to 15 euros in gasoline, a difference that is starting to hit wallets hard – ECOticias.com What Is A Silicon Carbon Battery And Is It The Answer To Smartphone Battery Life Issues? The EU's Right To Repair Directive Kicks In Today Slate Truck First Drive: A Minimalist's Delight Surprise: The Global Oil Crisis Is Pushing People Toward Buying Electrified Cars Planets, Meteors and a Solar Eclipse: August Is Going to Be a Big Month for Skygazing - CNET My Indoor Smart Garden Is Saving Me From All These Lettuce Recalls - CNET Are Remote Car Starters Still Worth It In 2026? Is There Any Benefit To Restarting Your Phone Regularly?
Part 7 China has introduced the first electric vehicle with a sodium-ion battery capable of driving 400 km on one charge, a bet that could make the next generation of cars cheaper – ECOticias.com A tiny albino river turtle was born in Manuripi and amazed the Bolivian Amazon again, a rare discovery that looks like a white signal in the middle of the forest – ECOticias.com India is sinking giant fabric tubes filled with sand 20 ft. underwater to create an invisible barrier against waves and try to rebuild beaches that are disappearing – ECOticias.com NASA Detects Intense Heat Beneath Io, Jupiter's Most Volcanic Moon
