Category: Environment
The Unknown Toll Of The AI Takeover
Lois Parshley at The Lever: In early May, Google announced it would be adding artificial…
What Can Seventeenth-century Sources Teach us About Living With Climate Change?
By Timothy Grieve-Carlson at OUP: At the beginning of another summer that will likely prove…
Random Thought: ‘1984’ by Irshad Salim
Irshad Salim, Karachi: One day I asked Professor Kahn why do we keep hearing all…
Sieving Lithium Out of Salty Waters Get a Boost From a Nature-inspired Membrane
From Anthropocene: Lithium is key to our electric, low-carbon future. The best known rechargeable batteries…
Knowing the Stars by Name
by Mary Hrovat at 3 Quarks Daily: In the shapeless but often suggestive scatter of…
Why is Chile So Long?
by Tomas Pueyo at Uncharted Territories: Chile is so long, it’s curved. How long is…
Could We Learn to Love Wind Turbines as We Did the Windmills?
Stephen Case at Aeon: Today’s modern wind turbines seem to repel poetic or artistic engagement….
Across a Continent, Trees Sync Their Fruiting to the Sun
Meghan Willcoxon at Quanta: Each summer, like clockwork, millions of beech trees throughout Europe sync…
The Promise of Precision Agriculture Is Slowly Coming to Fruition
Eric Schmid at Undark: For 20 years, Pablo Sobron sought a better way to learn…
This AI Tool Predicts a Crop’s Future Growth, Health, and Yield Based on a Single Image
Emma Bryce at Anthropocene: This is more than just another AI gimmick, the University of…
If You Worry About Climate Change Damages You Should Listen to Just Stop Oil
Sarah Kerr at The Conversation: Climate activists Just Stop Oil launched a protest at Stonehenge,…
Plants Warn, Defend, Scream, Remember, and Plan Ahead
Jeannette Cooperman in The Common Reader: Tempted as I am to lavish consciousness on everything around…