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Rich countries found to use six times more resources, generate 10 times the climate impact: Report

The extraction of the Earth's natural resources tripled in the past five decades, related to the massive build-up of infrastructure in many parts of the world and the high levels of material consumption, especially in upper-middle and high-income cou.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgMar 4th, 2024

From roots to resilience: Investigating the vital role of microbes in coastal plant health

Georgia's saltwater marshes—living where the land meets the ocean—stretch along the state's entire 100-mile coastline. These rich ecosystems are largely dominated by just one plant: grass......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

An environmental CGE model of China"s economy: Modeling choices and application

Computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is an important policy guidance tool for pollution reduction and emission control objectives. An article, published in Energy and Climate Management, introduces the economic module, energy module, macroscopi.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Google may finally merge Android and ChromeOS after all

Google has shown that it's possible for ChromeOS and Android to work together, as one report indicates......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Here’s how many years Apple users are keeping their iPads

Alongside the 2024 iPad Pro and Air launches, CIRP has a new report that sheds light on Apple customers’ tablet upgrade cycles. Here’s how many years iPad users are waiting before buying a new model. more….....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

A thousand times smaller than a grain of sand—glass sensors 3D-printed on optical fiber

In a first for communications, researchers in Sweden 3D printed silica glass micro-optics on the tips of optic fibers—surfaces as small as the cross section of a human hair. The advance could enable faster internet and improved connectivity, as wel.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Repurposed beer yeast encapsulated in hydrogels may offer a cost-effective way to remove lead from water

Every year, beer breweries generate and discard thousands of tons of surplus yeast. Researchers from MIT and Georgia Tech have now come up with a way to repurpose that yeast to absorb lead from contaminated water......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds

Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year's destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Climate change could significantly alter distribution of jellyfish and other gelatinous zooplankton in the Arctic Ocean

Gelatinous zooplankton, including jellyfish and other diverse, nearly transparent organisms, play important roles in marine ecosystems. Climate change is expected to significantly alter their populations and distributions. New research published in L.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Ransomware statistics that reveal alarming rate of cyber extortion

In this article, you will find excerpts from various reports that offer statistics and insights about the current ransomware landscape. Global ransomware crisis worsens NTT Security Holdings | 2024 Global Threat Intelligence Report | May 20.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

NYT Connections: hints and answers for Wednesday, May 15

Connections is the new puzzle game from the New York Times, and it can be quite difficult. If you need a hand with solving today's puzzle, we're here to help......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Researchers uncover what makes some chickens more water-efficient than others

In the first scientific report of its kind, researchers in Arkansas have shown that chickens bred for water conservation continued to put on weight despite heat stress that would normally slow growth......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Meet the new insect killing Utah"s fir trees: Research models impact of the balsam woolly adelgid

A nonnative tree-killing insect is invading northern Utah, attacking subalpine fir and potentially triggering yet another die-off of the region's long-stressed conifer forests......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

How pooling solutions can be strengthened in road transport

Less than a hundred kilos of human weight, more than two metric tons of steel: individual road transport is a huge climate killer, and switching to electric vehicles is only part of the solution because manufacturing the vehicles also causes emission.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

How to ensure biodiversity data are FAIR, linked, open and future-proof

Within the Biodiversity Community Integrated Knowledge Library (BiCIKL) project, 14 European institutions from ten countries, spent the last three years elaborating on services and high-tech digital tools, in order to improve the findability, accessi.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

Can Philly become a hothouse for bananas and pineapples as the climate warms?

As climate change warms Philadelphia, the plants that can be grown in the city will change, too......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

How scientific conference attendees can reduce their carbon footprint

Climate researchers often emphasize the fact that reducing carbon emissions is in everyone's best interest, and should involve all of us. But how good are they at minimizing their own carbon footprint?.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

Donald Glover is making a movie with Google’s new video AI

Google revealed a new AI model that can generate videos, and it's collaborating with Donald Glover to create a short film......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

Climate-change research project aboard USS Hornet paused for environmental review

The city of Alameda has indefinitely shut down the Marine Cloud Brightening Program—a study based out of the University of Washington and set up on the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet to utilize the San Francisco Bay's ideal cloudy conditions—citing co.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

Wildlife traffickers carried on their illegal trade during COVID lockdown—what can we learn from their resilience?

The world literally stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic. But while countries locked down to keep coronavirus at bay, wildlife traffickers carried on their illegal activities. Global risk governance and criminology academics Annette Hübschle and Mer.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

Christianity is changing in South Africa as Pentecostal and indigenous churches grow—what"s behind the trend?

Studies show that South Africa is one of only three countries in the world where religious participation has increased in recent years. The other two countries are Italy and the US......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024