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  • Pit-latrines are being promoted in Malawi as the most accessible form of sanitation. New research carried out by the James Hutton Institute in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde, alongside partners in the Government of Malawi, has highlighted major concerns for the quality of water in Malawi, as well as in other countries facing similar […]

  • The number of new coal plants under development in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region has reached record lows since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015.  The OECD is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic growth and global trade. It includes many of […]

  • Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a conversation with Elon Musk or Marilyn Monroe? I recently discovered Botify AI, a platform that lets you interact with lifelike digital characters in ways that feel almost surreal! You can interact with the premade characters or make your own like I did (and […]

  • Photo by Mark Patterson on Unsplash Cities have a unique and significant role to play in responding to climate change. Many are already doing so by adopting legal and policy tools to encourage the use of smart surfaces—a group of technologies and design strategies that mitigate the effects of climate change in urban environments, especially […]

  • Artificial intelligence is not just augmenting today’s music production – it is fundamentally reimagining how musicians create, practice, and interact with sound. From advanced stem separation to natural language synthesis, these tools represent the cutting edge of what is possible when neural networks meet musical creativity. This collection of groundbreaking platforms showcases how AI is […]

  • A recent survey of 6,000 consumers revealed something intriguing: while only around 33% of people think they use AI, a remarkable 77% are, in fact, using AI-powered services or devices in their daily lives. This gap highlights how many people may not realize how much artificial intelligence impacts their routines. Despite AI’s impressive capabilities, the […]

  • The electronics industry is approaching a limit to the number of transistors that can be packed onto the surface of a computer chip. So, chip manufacturers are looking to build up rather than out. Instead of squeezing ever-smaller transistors onto a single surface, the industry is aiming to stack multiple surfaces of transistors and semiconducting […]

  • Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email newsletter. Subscribe for free here. Key developments Brazil agri investigations BOATLOAD OF BEEF: Major shipping firms transported more than half […]

  • As climate advocates prepare for a second Trump administration, the potential threat of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) looms large. The CRA, which allows Congress to void certain rules issued recently by executive agencies, saw unprecedented activity during the first Trump administration and is expected to be similarly invoked in the incoming Republican-controlled Congress. Although […]

  • A new method for examining the effects of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) seemingly reveals severe and lasting damage to small coastal creatures. An international group of scientists – including two from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the University of Plymouth – have developed the approach, which was used to examine the effects of ALAN […]

  • Vincent Chevrier of the University of Arkansas (image credit: Russell Cothren). Determining the conditions in which brines are stable could be key to better understanding the climate and potential habitability of Mars (words: University of Arkansas). More than a hundred years ago, astronomer Percival Lowell made the case for the existence of canals on Mars […]

  • A monumental challenge lies ahead when it comes to collecting plastic packaging from UK households, says plastic resource efficiency and recycling charity, RECOUP, releasing the results of its annual survey in this area. Whilst there have been incremental improvements across the board for kerbside service provision for plastic packaging, the scale to include other formats […]

  • At an early age, Katie Spivakovsky learned to study the world from different angles. Dinner-table conversations at her family’s home in Menlo Park, California, often leaned toward topics like the Maillard reaction — the chemistry behind food browning — or the fascinating mysteries of prime numbers. Spivakovsky’s parents, one of whom studied physical chemistry and […]

  • Before the tractor was invented, farmers worked their land tirelessly alongside beasts of burden such as horses and mules that required six acres of land for feed, per animal, each year. Fearing change, job replacement, or cost, farm owners didn’t exactly rejoice and were generally skeptical of the tractor. Still, its use eventually became standard […]

  • Generative AI has made impressive strides in recent years. It can write essays, create art, and even compose music. But when it comes to getting facts right, it often falls short. It might confidently tell you that zebras live underwater or that the Eiffel Tower is in Rome. While these mistakes might seem harmless, they […]

  • I sit here, laptop in lap, breathing into the anxiety that this moment of uncertainty and mild terror at what might be coming all balled into one, trying to hold on to every spark of hope from the last few months. Trying to be grounded in reality and lead from a place of imagination, joy, […]

  • “Fragmented governance” between biodiversity, climate change, food, water and health is putting all of those systems at risk, according to a major new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The report, known as the “nexus assessment”, explores the interlinkages between climate change, biodiversity, food, water and human health.  It […]

  • The Water of Leith in Edinburgh: One of many water bodies where there are overflows and where a monitor will supply relevant data. Scottish Water’s first online overflow map, showing near real-time data from wastewater overflows across the country, is now live and available for public use. The interactive map provides information on when an […]