A United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee just completed its fifth meeting to try and get a treaty to tackle plastic pollution and the threat it represents. Oil and gas producers have vetoed the treaty citing the problem isn't production but rather developing waste plastic removal technologies.
3.8 billion live today in areas where people experience freshwater scarcity at least once each month. The problem by 2050 will encompass 5 billion as climate change exacerbates water stress. The technological fix of harvesting freshwater from ambient air can provide a modicum of relief.
When the recent IPCC report called for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilization (CCUS) capacity to nearly reach 1 Gigaton ton per year by 2030, the reality of these geoengineering technologies to help us get there appears increasingly remote.
Artificial Intelligence is being used by many as vendors flood the market with the next best version of their generative AI tools. For teachers and people in business being able to detect when AI is being used is important because there can be unintended consequences from confidential information or misinformation that the AI ends up producing.
Two COVID stories in the news. The first is about a nano-vaccine being developed that can be administered by nasal spray with coverage of all variants. The second is about the latest research into combatting Long COVID.
Despite climate change deniers and populists denying climate change realities, the severity of global climate risks as understood by insurers who are seeing the financial fallout should be enough evidence to motivate governments, businesses and the public to address the growing threat.
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist, wife, and mom of two little girls is the principle author and publisher of the newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist, read by 280,000 people in 132 countries since it first came out four years ago. She and her team of 11 untangle disinformation from the science to help you make better life health decisions for you and your family.
Today, more than 400 million people in 25 countries have community water fluoridation. A Cochrane study notes that hat community water fluoridation programs are becoming less effective over time, not because they are a danger to children's health, but because most toothpaste brands today have added fluoride. Meanwhile, misinformation spreaders say fluoridation causes cancer, endangers pregnant women, and produces neurological disorders in children lowering their IQs.
Combining AI and gene editing allows us to design proteins to help reduce greenhouse gasses, digest plastic, replace agricultural pesticides, improve human health, conquer diseases, develop lightning-fast responses to incipient pandemics, and develop lifelong personalized medical treatments. Â Â
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