Skip to content
  • Happy Health
  • Happy Mindset
  • Animal Wonders
  • About Us
    • Team
  • Subscribe
Menu
  • Happy Health
  • Happy Mindset
  • Animal Wonders
  • About Us
    • Team
  • Subscribe
Happy News

The Golf Balls That Dissolve in Water and Feed Fish Too

Golf balls may not seem like a major environmental concern — until you learn that more than a billion of them are lost each year in the U.S. alone. But a Spanish company is swinging for change with a golf ball that vanishes in water and actually helps marine life.

Albus Golf’s Ecobioball is a biodegradable, single-use ball made from safe, non-toxic materials that fully dissolve within 48 hours of water contact. Once the outer layer dissolves, it releases a dense core of natural fish food, offering a surprising benefit to local ecosystems. The idea was sparked by a simple thought: what if a lost golf ball could give something back instead of polluting waterways?

While they aren’t designed for competitive play, the balls are ideal for practice sessions at sea, on cruise decks, or at beachfront resorts. They travel a bit shorter than regular golf balls, but for casual golfers, that’s a small trade-off for eco-friendly fun. Albus Golf hopes their design inspires more sustainable sports solutions — no matter where you tee off.

PrevPreviousScientists Develop a Gel to Help Coral Recolonize Dying Reefs
NextHe Returned to School at 79 and Made Rutgers HistoryNext

Recent Articles

Happy News

Scientists May Have Finally “Seen” Dark Matter

May 9, 2026

For nearly a century, dark matter has been one of the greatest mysteries in all of science. We know it exists as it makes up an estimated 85% of the universe’s total mass and acts as invisible gravitational scaffolding holding galaxies together, but no one has ever directly observed it.

Read More
Happy News

Coral Reefs Are Hiding An Almost Entirely Unstudied Universe Of Potential Medicine

May 9, 2026

Scientists at the University of Galway and an international consortium have discovered that coral reefs contain an almost entirely unstudied universe of microbial life, publishing a study in Nature that reconstructed the genomes of 645 microbial species from 99 coral reefs across 32 Pacific islands, with more than 99 percent

Read More
Happy News

A Rare Superbloom Is Turning Part Of Redwood National Park Purple And There Are Only Weeks To See It

May 9, 2026

Something extraordinary and fleeting is happening right now in Northern California, where the Bald Hills grasslands above the redwood canopy in Redwood National Park have erupted into a rare lupine superbloom, turning a stretch of elevated landscape off a remote road near Orick into a sweeping sea of purple, blue,

Read More
« Previous Next »
  • Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility Notice
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
  • Unsubscribe
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility Notice
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
  • Unsubscribe
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2026 HappyNews.