Floating capsule filters seawater and air despolui

There's futuristic projects designed for the well-being of the population, not looking for sustainability. Others, like this one, may not yet be out of the paper, but, for the sake of mankind, should be already under construction.

We speak of the Bloom, a project of the French Atelier Sitbon Architectes who was a finalist in the international competition the Architizer + Awards, in the category architecture + weather. The project seeks to answer, through the bold design, the three problems of humanity â€" lack of water, air pollution and increase in mean sea level.

Designed specifically for the Indian Ocean, this giant capsule and partially submerged is a species of aquatic farm that promises to clean the air, convert sea water into drinking water and monitor sea level rise.

The main reason of the capsule is to mitigate the effects of climate change. To this end, will be home to giant aquariums of phytoplankton-microscopic beings that inhabit the ocean and have a major role in the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which will serve as organic greenhouses.

In addition, the structure will have a central weather alerts, able to warn the occurrence or approximation of seaquakes, tsunamis and other environmental disasters. Here are some pictures.

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Monitored by international NGO shark caught in Póvoa do Varzim

Remember of Lydia, a great white shark who is close to go down in history as the first of its kind to cross the Atlantic Ocean â€" being monitored, of course? One of the other sharks monitored by Ocearch, the NGO that is driving the project, should have been caught in Portugal.

According to the BBC, the shark, called Rizzilient, was "apparently caught by commercial fishermen". The shark, a female mako of 1.5 meters, is one of several animals that are monitored via satellite by the NGO.

"The latest satellite information Rizzilient shows-on land, in the city of Póvoa do Varzim, North of Portugal", explains the BBC.

Millions of sharks die every year as a result of hunting specifically for removing their fins, highly valuable in the Asian market for shark fin soup or in alternative medicine.

Click here to see the route of the Rizzilient.

The project Ocearch monitors almost 150 sharks, including great white sharks, hammerhead sharks, Tiger sharks and other species. One of the objectives of the project is to move away from academic research â€" sometimes very competitive, betting on a disruptive approach to research linked to the seas and make all the collected data to the public.

Foto: Martin Burns/Creative Commons

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A day of air traffic in Europe

On a summer's day, about 30 thousand flights across European airspace. To show the various routes of these flights and the way they are managed, the entity that controls the air traffic from the United Kingdom has created a video that, in two minutes, condenses traffic 12:0 am.

The video in question consists of data collected by the British air radars on June 21, 2013 combined with the information of the plan for European aviation day on June 28 last year. Subsequently, through computer programs, information of longitude, latitude and altitude was converted into bright spots that were positioned with precision on the satellite images from the European space.

Although the video create a visual spectacle agravável is also quite enlightening when it comes to carbon dioxide emissions, because the aviation industry is that more CO2 emits. In addition to air pollution, noise pollution and still account for fossil fuels used.

In total, the distance covered by these 30 000 flights â€" about 25 million nautical miles-is the equivalent to circumnavigate the Earth 998 times or 104 trips to the Moon.

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Great white shark can make history and become the first to cross the Atlantic

A great white shark, named Lydia, like going down in history as the first of its kind to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The animal, a female of 4.4 meters, has toured more than 30.5 million miles since it began to be monitored through a scientific project, in March 2013.

Currently, the shark will be near the Atlantic rift, about 1,600 miles off the coast of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, and Ireland â€" which also puts the animal near the Spanish and Portuguese coast.

If you continue to swim at the speed that the average has done, Lydia could reach the British coast soon, thus becoming the first white shark crossing the Atlantic way monitored.

The animal has been followed through the Ocearch project, which aims to gather data about moving, biology and health of sharks. The project aims to then use the information to not only protect animals but also to promote education and public safety.

See the current location of Lydia, which, moreover, the Ocearch do you think you're pregnant.

"Technically, the Lydia crossed the Atlantic to cross the Atlantic Ridge, which hasn't done," Gregory Skomal indicates, one of the researchers involved in the project. However, the investigator believes that the shark is closer to Europe than North America.

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USA: agriculture wins more and more money, but he didn't get in the pockets of farmers

Last year, the US Department of Agriculture â€" species of Ministry of Agriculture of the United States â€" has compiled some data about the sector, a census held every five years.

The first conclusion of the study explains that American agriculture increasingly wins money. In 2012, the American farmers sold $ 250 honorarium billion (R $ 927 billion) in products, 33% more than in 2007. In fact, this number is not surprising, since prices are higher, but the study questions who's really making money in this sector â€" some experts say it is not in the pockets of farmers that this money is in â€" and that explains some of the remaining data in the report.

The study draws attention to the growth of large agricultural estates and medium farms disappeared. The number of small farms has remained in line with the 2007 numbers, but the truth is that these are not making money. Almost half â€" 1 million-2.1 million of u.s. farms rely on a family member the full time, but even these don't make money, even in more prosperous agricultural.

On the other hand, the number of people who identified other occupation aside from agriculture fell 9% compared to 2007, but these numbers are not positive. "I think that this number reflects the lack of jobs in rural communities," explained the Civil Eats Katherine Ozer, Executive Director of the National Family Farm Coalition.

Farmers are older

The Census found that the American farmers are older, with an average age of 58 years, and that this number has been growing for 30 years. Still, the number of farmers between 25 and 34 years has risen.

"The number of young farmers is growing, but the range between 35 and 44 is lower," said Traci Bruckner, of the Center for Rural Affairs.

The number of agricultural farms too is decreasing in relation to 2007 â€" 4%-as well as male farmers (4%) and women (6%). Still, there are more women who say that the farmer is their only job (125 thousand against 122 thousand in 2007). "There are more and more women to follow a career in a farmer," said Bruckner.

Interestingly, these women are older, mostly between 55 and 75 years. Which means you can are entering agriculture as a second career or to cultivate some land inherited.

Agriculture as an obligation

According to the Guardian newspaper, Americans Cook less and less and Cook became a hobby â€" people cook with the chefs on TV. The loss of cooking skills means that American citizens are increasingly distant from farmers and, on the other hand, about 40% of their meals are lonely.

On the other hand, Americans don't see the agricultural career with good eyes, and those who choose to are, almost always, obliged to do so.

All these data have a meaning: that still make more money, the agriculture sector, in the United States, goes through a period of major challenges and will have to reinvent itself quickly. As in Europe, in fact.

Foto: PhillipC/Creative Commons

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Cat lover spends € 25,200 to transform the House into a playground for cats

A Californian, who remains anonymous, decided that his home belonged to him as much as to their 18 cats and decided to spend € 25,200 to make housing more suitable for the cats. The remodeling was done by a specialized company and includes airfare for cats, poles for cats sharpen their nails and artificial vegetation for the cats hide.

More costly changes, referred to Inhabitat, involved the introduction of a spiral staircase that spans two floors and several uneven running through shelves several divisions, allowing the animals to follow people from room-to-room.

Despite all the additions to improve the comfort of the felines, housing looks normal from the outside, with a garden and several trees. Once inside, the House is completely adapted to the cats but also to humans, thereby facilitating the coexistence of the two species.  In the remodeling of housing was also introduced a ventilation system that ensures the circulation of air amounts sufficient to prevent unwanted odors.

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Environmental documentary inspires California to ban concerts of orcas

Inspired by the controversial documentary River Blackfish, which explores the history of orcas in captivity and death of a handler of Seaworld, in 2010, the Democrat Richard Bloom has proposed legislation to ban the shows of orcas in California â€" specifically, at SeaWorld San Diego.

The proposed law, which was known on Friday, also proposes a ban on the import and export of orcas, according to UT San Diego.

"There is no justification for the continued maintenance of orcas in captivity, for the sake of entertainment," explained Bloom. "These beautiful creatures are too big and clever to stay confined in small cement tanks throughout their lives," he continued.

The draft law will allow all orcas withdrawals continue to be visited by people, but not for entertainment activities, defined as "all the public views with timetables and that are characterized by music or other sound effects, with choreography or training, or even unprotected contact between humans and orcas".

Whenever possible, keep the document, orcas should be drawn to the sea. The proposal needs a simple majority to pass, but this should not be easy, said the UT San Diego.

Since the release of the film River Blackfish, which was first seen at Sundance festival, the Sea World has already been boycotted by musicians and other artists.

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