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  • Almost 200 countries assembled in Baku, Azerbaijan for COP29, which produced an agreement widely decried as falling far short of what was hoped for. Sir David King, Chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group said it offered “neither the funding nor the guidance needed for a safe and manageable future, especially for the most vulnerable”. […]

  • On 29 November, Ireland will hold its first general election since before the Covid-19 pandemic.  Voters will elect new Teachtaí Dála – members of Ireland’s lower house of parliament, the Dáil. Climate change has not featured prominently in the election campaign so far. Indeed, the top three political parties “failed” a climate manifesto assessment commissioned […]

  • An oil-spill-eating product from A&S International has been used at a facility of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK to reduce Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) levels to non-hazardous status. The high levels of TPH were present in the by-products of a street-sweepings washing process. Specifically, TPH levels were high in the filter cake outputs of the […]

  • Despite taking place just days after a major UN biodiversity summit, the COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan produced few new commitments on food, forests, land and nature. Countries did finalise the text on the remaining sections setting out the rules for international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.  They also considered […]

  • The MIR-FTIR gas analyzer is specified for raw gas measurements, which allows the plant operator to analyze up to 15 gases simultaneously. Environmental monitoring solutions group ENVEA will supply a state-of-the-art emissions monitoring system for a new Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility in Scotland. The plant, scheduled for operation in 2025, will divert over 186,000 tonnes of […]

  • The UK government launched refreshed plans to tackle aviation emissions with a new group dedicated to advancing sustainable aviation, in a 25 November announcement. Intended to serve as “the driving force to transform how people fly”, the Jet Zero Taskforce is said to align with the government’s missions to make the UK a clean energy […]

  • Artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way, with large language models (LLMs) demonstrating impressive capabilities in natural language processing. These models have changed the way we think about AI’s ability to understand and generate human language. While they are excellent at recognizing patterns and synthesizing written knowledge, they struggle to mimic the way humans […]

  • Leveraging Big Data to Enhance AI in Cancer Detection and Treatment Integrating AI into the healthcare decision making process is helping to revolutionize the field and lead to more accurate and consistent treatment decisions due to its virtually limitless ability to identify patterns too complex for humans to see. The field of oncology generates enormous […]

  • The Greenland ice sheet melt season for this year is over, resulting in the 28th year in a row in which Greenland has lost ice.  This has been a spiky year for Greenland – a mix of highs from abundant snow in winter and lows from some very high melt days in summer. Those spikes […]

  • What Is a Reverse Osmosis Water Filter? A reverse osmosis water filter is a system designed to purify water by removing contaminants like dirt, heavy metals, chemicals, and bacteria. Using advanced filtration technology, it ensures that your drinking water is not only safe but also tastes great. Think of it as a superhero for your […]

  • The great hope for vision-language AI models is that they will one day become capable of greater autonomy and versatility, incorporating principles of physical laws in much the same way that we develop an innate understanding of these principles through early experience. For instance, children’s ball games tend to develop an understanding of motion kinetics, […]

  • Captivated as a child by video games and puzzles, Marzyeh Ghassemi was also fascinated at an early age in health. Luckily, she found a path where she could combine the two interests.  “Although I had considered a career in health care, the pull of computer science and engineering was stronger,” says Ghassemi, an associate professor in […]

  • Less than 48 hours after the gavel came down at COP29, Carbon Brief ran a webinar to talk through all the key outcomes from the summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.  The team discussed the new climate finance goal adopted at COP29, the role of China in negotiations, the finalisation of Article 6 carbon trading rules and […]

  • As we get ready to leave Baku, Azerbaijan for our long journey home and reflect back on our time here, I am filled with mixed emotions about what we experienced. Of course, on one hand, I am frustrated and filled with dread about the fact that our world’s nations don’t seem to act with any […]

  • Healthcare inequities and disparities in care are pervasive across socioeconomic, racial and gender divides. As a society, we have a moral, ethical and economic responsibility to close these gaps and ensure consistent, fair and affordable access to healthcare for everyone. Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps address these disparities, but it is also a double-edged sword. Certainly, […]

  • As AI engineers, crafting clean, efficient, and maintainable code is critical, especially when building complex systems. Design patterns are reusable solutions to common problems in software design. For AI and large language model (LLM) engineers, design patterns help build robust, scalable, and maintainable systems that handle complex workflows efficiently. This article dives into design patterns […]

  • Zephyr® monitors will support air quality monitoring for the DEFRAG project. Air quality technology firm EarthSense says its Zephyr® air quality monitors will be deployed by Cranfield University at various sites across Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes, as part of a wider £2.5 million DEFRAG project. The Defragmenting the fragmented urban landscape (DEFRAG) project is […]

  • Visualizing the potential impacts of a hurricane on people’s homes before it hits can help residents prepare and decide whether to evacuate. MIT scientists have developed a method that generates satellite imagery from the future to depict how a region would look after a potential flooding event. The method combines a generative artificial intelligence model […]