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The Salter SinkProfessor Stephen Salter of the University of Edinburgh believes that a device made from discarded car tires could prevent the formation of superstorms such as Hurricane Sandy. He calls his invention the "Salter Sink", and it's essentially a wave-powered pump made of car tires lashed together to form a giant 80-100 meter ring that is filled with a buoyant material, such as foamed concrete. Ocean waves push hot water onto the top of the cylinder, and then gravity pushes it 200 feet below, where it mixes with cooler water, reducing the surface temperature of the ocean and resulting evaporation that causes potentially devastating low pressure systems to form....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/british-scientist-claims-damage-from-hurricane-sandy-could-have-been-prevented-with-discarded-car-tires/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
The Salter Sink's discarded tire interiorProfessor Stephen Salter of the University of Edinburgh believes that a device made from discarded car tires could prevent the formation of superstorms such as Hurricane Sandy. He calls his invention the "Salter Sink", and it's essentially a wave-powered pump made of car tires lashed together to form a giant 80-100 meter ring that is filled with a buoyant material, such as foamed concrete. Ocean waves push hot water onto the top of the cylinder, and then gravity pushes it 200 feet below, where it mixes with cooler water, reducing the surface temperature of the ocean and resulting evaporation that causes potentially devastating low pressure systems to form....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/british-scientist-claims-damage-from-hurricane-sandy-could-have-been-prevented-with-discarded-car-tires/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
The Salter Sink mixing warm and cool waterProfessor Stephen Salter of the University of Edinburgh believes that a device made from discarded car tires could prevent the formation of superstorms such as Hurricane Sandy. He calls his invention the "Salter Sink", and it's essentially a wave-powered pump made of car tires lashed together to form a giant 80-100 meter ring that is filled with a buoyant material, such as foamed concrete. Ocean waves push hot water onto the top of the cylinder, and then gravity pushes it 200 feet below, where it mixes with cooler water, reducing the surface temperature of the ocean and resulting evaporation that causes potentially devastating low pressure systems to form....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/british-scientist-claims-damage-from-hurricane-sandy-could-have-been-prevented-with-discarded-car-tires/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
Hurricane SandyProfessor Stephen Salter of the University of Edinburgh believes that a device made from discarded car tires could prevent the formation of superstorms such as Hurricane Sandy. He calls his invention the "Salter Sink", and it's essentially a wave-powered pump made of car tires lashed together to form a giant 80-100 meter ring that is filled with a buoyant material, such as foamed concrete. Ocean waves push hot water onto the top of the cylinder, and then gravity pushes it 200 feet below, where it mixes with cooler water, reducing the surface temperature of the ocean and resulting evaporation that causes potentially devastating low pressure systems to form....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/british-scientist-claims-damage-from-hurricane-sandy-could-have-been-prevented-with-discarded-car-tires/'>READ ARTICLE</a>4
