As negotiations before the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-15) take place, international research has quantified the impact of human consumption on species extinction risk.
Ecology
Apr 13, 2022
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The far-flung Marshall Islands needs to raise its islands if it is to avoid being drowned by rising sea levels, President Hilda Heine has warned.
Environment
Feb 23, 2019
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New research published in Nature has revealed the solution to Jupiter's 'energy crisis', which has puzzled astronomers for decades.
Astronomy
Aug 4, 2021
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If you have seen science fiction television series such as Humans or Westworld, you might be imagining a near future where intelligent, humanoid robots play an important role in meeting the needs of people, including caring ...
Robotics
Nov 9, 2018
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is discriminatory, susceptible to racial and sexist bias and its improper use is sending education into a global crisis, a leading Charles Darwin University (CDU) expert warns in a new research ...
Education
Aug 15, 2023
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Two economics professor have modified a commonly used bank assessment tool to make predictions about a national or global financial crisis. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nobel ...
Catherine Nakalembe, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, has recently published a paper about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa in Environmental Research Letters.
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2023
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Cuba will open its first electricity plant using sugar cane as a biofuel hoping eventually to meet 30 percent of its energy needs from the fuel source, the official Granma daily said Thursday.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 22, 2011
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A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University has found that larger groups of people tend to respond slower to a crisis than smaller groups because false information can impede urgency. In their ...
To start dealing with Australia's mounting plastic crisis, the federal government last week launched its first National Plastics Plan.
Environment
Mar 9, 2021
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