DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF 

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


A TIME FOR WHINE:  CLIMATE CHANGE COULD DESTROY OUR FAVORITE WINES


                                                                   Source:  Stock

  • 90% of premier winegrowing regions could lose the ability to grow grapes due to Climate Change
  • The findings come from a new study published by Nature Reviews Earth and Environment done by Bordeaux Sciences Agro Research Institute
  • The world's most celebrated wine-growing regions are being impacted by CC and could become unsuitable by 2100
  • Rising temps/global warming in premier regions such as Spain, Italy, Southern France and California could make wines sweeter and more alcoholic and even prevent grape growth
  • Heat waves from CC, excessive drought and widespread global warming, which are highly likely, put at risk 90% of premier wine growing regions and 70% of existing regions
  • Grapes are the world's 3rd most valuable horticultural crop and there will be a huge economic impact
  • If you value a tasty glass of wine to cap off the day...Climate Change may take the "cheers" out of Happy Hour.

CREATING THE IMPOSSIBLE - PLANT-BASED PLASTIC




                                 Source: Stock & UC San Diego
 

  • This has all the elements of an innovation breakthrough. US scientists have created plant-based plastic.  It's an eco-friendly, healthy, biodegradable alternative to current plastics that take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade and are polluting the world.  Here are some key facts:
  • 97% of this algae-based plastic biodegrades within 200 days, not 1000 years
  • The bioplastic has been developed by scientists at UC San Diego and the materials science company Algenesis
  • It does not generate microplastic particles that are toxic and cancer-causing
  • Microplastics are found in our food, water and bodies
  • Current plastic water bottles can contain thousands of cancer-causing microplastic filaments
  • The scientists say their bioplastic is a sustainable alternative to plastic and their new plastic does not make you sick
  • More work needs to be done but these scientists have created what they were told would be impossible:  a safe alternative to plastic, which is a global pollutant
  • This will be commercialized, and the team has already started with an engineering group to create cell phone cases out of it.

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