Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2021

The midwater plume comprises two stages: (i) the dynamic plume, in which the sediment-laden discharge water rapidly descends and dilutes to a neutral buoyancy depth, and (ii) the subsequent ambient plume that is advected by the ocean current and subject to background turbulence and settling. Credit: Muñoz-Royo et al. Earlier post.).

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MIT South Korea Water Environment 397

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2018

The BMW Design Department in collaboration with MIT’s Self-Assembly Laboratory have successfully developed printed inflatable material technologies that selftransform, adapt and morph from one state to another. —Martina Starke, head of BMW Brand Vision and BMW Brand Design at BMW Group. —Martina Starke.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Last March, BMW and Volvo joined other companies calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining , one spearheaded by the World Wildlife Fund. Sometime in 2022, workers on the Hidden Gem will lower into the water a steel pipe of colossal proportions, one segment at a time, with a total length of 4 kilometers.

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Congo Namibia Water MIT 110

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Raw materials nodule The Metals Company Agencies from seventeen nations have exploration contracts in the CCZ from the International Seabed Authority. BMW , Google , Samsung , and Volvo have all said they will not buy metals mined from such sources until the environmental impacts are better understood.

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Batteries Battery Hawaii Nauru 134