Is there more to palm oil than deforestation?
Palm oil is the world's most produced and consumed vegetable oil and everyone knows that its production can damage the environment. But do consumers have the full picture? In fact, replacing palm oil with rapeseed oil would require a four to five-fol.....»»
Amazon Will Pay You $10 in Credit for Your Palm Print Biometrics
How much is your palm print worth? If you ask Amazon, it's about $10 in promotional credit if you enroll your palm prints in its checkout-free stores and link it to your Amazon account. From a report: Last year, Amazon introduced its new biometric pa.....»»
E-scooter company Fenix acquires Palm for $5M, gains entry to Turkish market
Abu Dhabi-based micromobility company Fenix has acquired Palm, a shared e-scooter company in Turkey, for $5 million – the exact amount the company raised last November and this past February during its seed round. Despite having not even raised a S.....»»
Face palm: When the emoji you want doesn"t exist
There are about 3,000 emojis to choose from but what happens when the one you want isn't there?.....»»
Deforestation only "displaced" under community monitoring schemes
Community-led monitoring of deforestation might not reduce forest use overall, but merely displace it to unmonitored areas, a new study finds......»»
Measuring how effectively protected areas in Amazonia fight deforestation
While tropical forests remain threatened and their future is uncertain, the importance of understanding how well individual protected areas avoid deforestation increases. Researchers from the University of Turku and University of Helsinki, Finland, h.....»»
Warming, deforestation turn Amazon into source of carbon dioxide
Climate change and deforestation have flipped a large swathe of the Amazon basin from absorbing to emitting planet-warming CO2, a transformation that could turn humanity's greatest natural ally in the fight against global warming into a foe, research.....»»
Global study reveals effectiveness of protected area
Scientists have published a global study on the effectiveness of protected areas in preventing deforestation......»»
Satellite data helped indigenous Peruvians save rainforest: study
Indigenous peoples patrolling the Peruvian Amazon equipped with smartphones and satellite data were able to drastically reduce illegal deforestation, according to the results of an experiment published Monday......»»
New June record for deforestation of Brazilian Amazon
Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon reached a record in June for the fourth consecutive month, according to official data released Friday......»»
Deforestation in Brazil will be hard to stop, no matter who"s in charge
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon made global headlines in 2019, thanks to massive wildfires and the election of anti-environmentalist president Jair Bolsonaro. Brazilians took to the streets against it, and retailers and consumers threatened to.....»»
Chocolate fix: How the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa
Despite a significant uptick in corporate sustainability efforts in the cocoa sector, it is nearly impossible for most chocolate consumers to know the amount of tropical deforestation associated with their sweet luxury......»»
Microfilter device capable of detecting trace amounts of cancer cells in one mL of blood
Researchers have developed a microfilter device that can easily separate and capture trace amounts of cancer cells in blood. The palm-sized device is expected to contribute to the development of new cancer diagnostic technologies based on cancer cell.....»»
SYN Ventures Debuts with $165+ Million Fund to Invest in Companies Ready to Disrupt the Cybersecurity Industry
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SYN Ventures formally launched its $165+ million debut fund today focused on early-stage technology companies that can disrupt the security industry The post SYN Ventures Debuts with $165+ Million Fu.....»»
Deforestation threatens one of the world"s largest eagles
Harpy eagles (Harpia harpyja)—which are among the world's largest eagle species—struggle to feed offspring in heavily deforested areas of the Amazon, according to a study published in Scientific Reports......»»
A 50% rise in carbon dioxide level could reduce rainfall in the Amazon more than deforestation
A 50% rise in the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere could reduce rainfall in the Amazon as much as or even more than substitution of the entire forest by pasture. The rise in CO2 would reduce the amount of water vapor emitted by the for.....»»
How palm oil became the world"s most hated, most used fat source
Palm oil is everywhere today: in food, soap, lipstick, even newspaper ink. It's been called the world's most hated crop because of its association with deforestation in Southeast Asia. But despite boycott campaigns, the world uses more palm oil than.....»»
Tiny ancient bird from China shares skull features with Tyrannosaurus rex
Researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a 120-million-year-old partial fossil skeleton of a tiny extinct bird that fits in the palm of the hand and pres.....»»
What factors put Philippine birds at risk of extinction?
The lush forests and more than 7,000 islands of the Philippines hold a rich diversity of life, with 258 bird species who live nowhere but the Philippine archipelago. A new study from University of Utah researchers suggests that due to deforestation a.....»»
Deforestation is driven by global markets
The world is at a crossroads, as humanity tries to mitigate climate change and halt biodiversity loss, while still securing a supply of food for everyone. A recent study in Nature Communications shows that global demands for commodities, especially i.....»»
Peace accord in Colombia has increased deforestation of biologically-diverse rainforest
Since the end of the long-running conflict in Colombia, large areas of forest have been rapidly converted to agricultural uses, suggesting the peace agreement presents a threat to conservation the country's rainforest, a new study from Oregon State U.....»»