The Large White Flowers Of The Key Largo Tree Cactus. Photo Credit: Susan Kolterman (Florida Museum)

Sea-Level Rise Destroys Only U.S. Key Largo Tree Cactus Population in Florida’s Coastal Zone

The United States has lost its only known population of the Key Largo tree cactus, marking what scientists believe is the first local plant extinction in the country directly caused by sea-level rise. Once thriving with about 150 stems in North Key Largo, Florida, this impressive cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii) has vanished from its natural habitat due to saltwater intrusion, soil depletion, and hurricane damage. While the species still grows in scattered locations

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Plastic Recycling. Photo Source: Fraunhofer.

German Scientists Convert 5.6M Tons Plastic Waste Into 99.8% Pure 3D Printing Filaments

In German laboratories, plastic bottle caps that once held your morning milk are being reborn as precision-engineered components through an innovative recycling process that converts post-consumer packaging waste into high-purity 3D printing filaments. Every year, some 5.6 million metric tons of plastic packaging winds up in household waste in Germany after being used just once.

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