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Under pressure: Rethinking coastal land use and adaptation strategies

By 2050—just 28 years from now—the sea level along the Long Island Sound shoreline is projected to be 18 inches above today's levels. By 2100 it could be as much as six and a half feet higher than current levels. Climate change-driven severe weat.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgOct 13th, 2022

Honey bees in demand: New contract strategies to support pollination services

As the world's native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great demand, and truckloads of bee colonies travel the coun.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Wild horse overabundance harms sage grouse, researchers find

When wild horse populations are allowed to grow beyond numbers set by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), sage grouse numbers suffer, according to newly published research led by University of Wyoming scientists......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Modern mass extinction in an Ecuadorean cloud forest found to be a mirage

One of the most notorious mass extinction events in modern times occurred on a hilltop in coastal Ecuador in the 1980s. Ninety species of plants known from nowhere else on Earth—many of them new to science and not yet given a name—went extinct wh.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Disruption or adaptation: Three questions for the right digitalization strategy

Does every company need to focus on disruption with its digital strategy or should it wait for disruptions from others before reacting and adapting its processes? A new study by Jan Recker, Murat Tarakci and Fabian J. Sting uses simulations to invest.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

SpaceX’s Dramatic Rocket Catch Brings Interplanetary Travel One Step Closer

By proving that its Super Heavy booster can return to Earth and land, SpaceX has moved closer to creating a reusable interplanetary transport system......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

SpaceX wins earlier-than-expected approval to fly fifth Starship

SpaceX received approval from U.S. air safety regulators to launch the fifth major test flight of its massive Starship rocket—a pivotal mission that will see the booster portion return from space and attempt to land upright......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

CISOs’ strategies for managing a growing attack surface

In this Help Net Security interview, Rickard Carlsson, CEO at Detectify, discusses the evolution of attack surface management in the context of remote work and digital transformation. Carlsson highlights the challenges CISOs face today, including mai.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Starship is about to launch on its fifth flight, and this time there’s a catch

“We’ll see the booster fly back and land at the tower and be captured by the arms, or we’ll take out the tower.” Early Sunday morning, SpaceX will try something no one has.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 13th, 2024

Stephen King’s most underrated movie deserves your attention this Halloween

This long forgotten Stephen King adaptation just turned 30 years old. Here's why it's one of the famous horror author's most underrated movies......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 12th, 2024

Study finds coastal and rural areas in England less resilient

Coastal, rural and areas in the North of England are less able to withstand and recover from adverse events, according to new research which highlights regional disparities in community resilience......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Column: Jaguar Land Rover owes its survival to Ratan Tata"s "singular vision"

Ratan Tata's "mind boggling" vision for Jaguar Land Rover gave the struggling British automaker a future after Ford Motor decided to sell it......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton—there are reasons people stay, and it"s not just stubbornness

As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people were in evacuation shelters. Hundreds of thousands more had fled coastal regions ahead of the storm, crowding highways headed north and south as their counties issu.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

New analysis tools can help farmers make informed choice on "agrivoltaics"

The dual use of land for agriculture and solar energy production, known as agrivoltaics, presents a new opportunity for farmers, but whether it makes economic sense for growers is a complex question. A new set of analytical tools developed by researc.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Weever stings provide scientists with a unique way of assessing impacts of environment on coastal fish populations

Weever fish are perhaps most commonly known for the painful stings they deliver to beach goers around the UK coastline......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Henry Cavill to star in live-action adaptation of Voltron

Henry Cavill is set to star in Rawson Marshall Thurber's Voltron, a live-action adaptation of the popular animated TV series......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Rental crisis in regional cities prompts rethinking of moves

James Cook University researchers say Cairns is a prime example of a regional city where the rental housing crisis is making people who have moved to the city rethink their choice—and they say city planners must act if regional areas want such peop.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Genetic mechanism unlocks a key secret behind disease infection in crops

Researchers have unraveled a key genetic mechanism behind the way pathogens infect crops, leading to new strategies for breeding resistant crop varieties against other pathogens carrying the same genetic mechanism......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

New tool provides knowledge on heat stress vulnerability in cities for more targeted adaptation

Heat-related deaths and diseases are a major concern in Europe amid increasing extended periods of extreme heat. A recent study proposes a novel way of quantifying and projecting future vulnerability to heat stress in different areas of a city, provi.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Environmental factors influence Southeast Brazil"s coastal biodiversity more than ecological processes, study finds

Sea surface temperature, wave energy and freshwater discharge from rivers influence the abundance and size of the marine organisms that inhabit rocky shores along the coast of Southeast Brazil more than ecological processes such as competition and pr.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

A Shinobi movie is in the works led by Extraction director Sam Hargrave

Universal and Sega have recruited the services of director Sam Hargrave to helm the feature film adaptation of Shinobi......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024