Alphabet announced last month that it was winding down Loon, a nine-year-old project and a two-and-a-half-year-old spin off firm, after failing to find a sustainable business model and partners for one of its most prominent moonshot projects. Business Insider shares more details on why the project failed. From the report, which may be paywalled: CEO Alastair Wingarth told The New York…
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Slowing the Coronavirus Is Speeding the Spread of Other Diseases
schwit1 shares a report from The New York Times: As poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they are unintentionally contributing to fresh explosions of illness and death from other diseases — ones that are readily prevented by vaccines. This spring, after the World Health Organization and UNICEF warned that the pandemic could spread swiftly when children…
By 2050, the US Will Lose $83 Billion a Year Because of All the Nature We’ve Destroyed
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fast Company: The world economy depends on nature, from coral reefs that protect coastal cities from flooding to insects that pollinate crops. But by the middle of the century, the loss of key “ecosystem services” could cost the world $479 billion each year. The U.S. will lose more than any other country, with an…
Sea sponges collect DNA from fish, penguins, seals
A new study reports that sponges, which can filter 10,000 liters of water daily, catch DNA in their tissues as they filter-feed. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/sea-sponges-collect-dna…
War wrecked an African ecosystem. Ecologists are trying to restore it
Bringing back big predators to Gorongosa, once a wildlife paradise in Mozambique, is just one piece of the puzzle in undoing the damage there. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ecologists-restore-war-wrecked-ecosystem-mozambique4…
Extreme flooding leads to deaths in Indonesia and Mozambique
Dozens of people have died in Indonesia and Mozambique as a result of storms and flooding, possibly driven by climate change Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2201224-extreme-flooding-leads-to-deaths-in-indonesia-and-mozambique/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Cyclone Kenneth is one of the strongest storms to hit mainland Africa
Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in Mozambique on 25 April and may have been intensified by climate change. The storm could dump nearly a metre of rain in the next few days Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2200925-cyclone-kenneth-is-one-of-the-strongest-storms-to-hit-mainland-africa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…