Episode Details

Today, you’ll learn about a more sustainable jet fuel made from trees, how a new process allows you to 3D print glass, and why feeding coral reefs might save them from heat stress.  

Plant Jet Fuel 

• “New continuous reaction process can help turn plant waste into sustainable aviation fuel.” by Seth Truscott. 2024.  
• “Lignin-based jet fuel and its blending effect with conventional jet fuel.” by Zhibin Yang, et al. 2022.  
• “A simultaneous depolymerization and hydrodeoxygenation process to produce lignin-based jet fuel in continuous flow.” by Adarsh Kumar, et al. 2024.  

3D-Printed Glass 

• “How Do You 3D Print Glass?” by Rachel Berkowitz. 2024.  
• “Volumetric heating in digital glass forming.” by Luis Deutsch-Garcia, et al. 2024.  

Feeding Coral 

• “Feeding coral reefs can aid their recovery from bleaching events.” by Tatyana Woodall. 2024.  
• “Ocean acidification does not prolong recovery of coral holobionts from natural thermal stress in two consecutive years.” by Kerri L. Dobson, et al. 2024.  
• “NOAA confirms 4th global coral bleaching event.” NOAA. 2024.  

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