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A data-driven portrait of racism exposes the persistent reality of racial biases
HomeScienceVol. 387, No. 6731Enact reforms to protect Bolivia’s forests from fireBack To Vol. 387, No. 6731 Full accessLetter Share on Enact reforms to protect Bolivia’s forests from fireYifan He, Stasiek Czaplicki Cabezas [email protected], [...] , Oswaldo Maillard, Robert Müller, [...] , Alfredo Romero-Muñoz, Laurenz Feliciano Romero Pimentel, Alcides Vadillo, and Vincent Antoine Vos+5 authors …
Bolivia’s vast forests, including ecosystems of global conservation interest such as the Amazon rainforest and the Chiquitano dry forest (1), are threatened by increasing deforestation (2) and fires (3). Government authorities have failed to recognize the ecosystem services that forests provide (4), especially carbon sequestration. Fortunately, a recent decision by the courts has given Bolivia the opportunity to reformulate its forest protection strategy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and sequester more carbon.
In May 2024, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law Bill No. 14.876, which removes silviculture from the list of potentially polluting activities, exempting it from the environmental license requirement that applies to most agricultural activities in Brazil (1) and amending the National Environmental Policy (Law No. 6,938/81) (2). The bill also exempts forestry from tax payments by waiving the Environmental Control and Monitoring Fee, encouraging the expansion of this cultivation in the Amazon (1, 2). Читать дальше...
Mechanical bonds arise between molecules that contain interlocked subunits, such as one macrocycle threaded through another. Within polymers, these linkages will confer distinctive mechanical properties and other emergent behaviors, but polymerizations ...
Architected materials derive their properties from the geometric arrangement of their internal structural elements. Their designs rely on continuous networks of members to control the global mechanical behavior of the bulk. In this study, we introduce a ...
Persistent multiyear drought (MYD) events pose a growing threat to nature and humans in a changing climate. We identified and inventoried global MYDs by detecting spatiotemporally contiguous climatic anomalies, showing that MYDs have become drier, hotter,...
Formamidinium lead triiodide (FAPbI3) is considered the most promising composition for high-performing single-junction solar cells. However, nonalloyed α-FAPbI3 is metastable with respect to the photoinactive δ-phase. We have developed a kinetic ...
Soil water sustains terrestrial life, yet its fate is uncertain under a changing climate. We conducted a deuterium labeling experiment to determine whether elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), warming, and drought impact soil water storage and ...
In the wake of the November 2024 US election, several commentators have suggested that the US Democratic Party abandon its commitment to so-called “identity politics,” which they identify as elitist, condescending, and divisive. They argue that rather ...
Sid Meier's Civilization 7 shakes up a well-worn formula with its new Ages system, and I'm now desperate to play more — read our full preview below to find out why
Customers are being sent letters to inform them about a £150 discount on their energy bills.
Pretty much everything, at least so far.
Did you know that over one billion pounds of furniture end up in Canadian landfills each year? This dramatic data highlights a growing problem in interior design: the rise of “fast decor,” the homeware equivalent of “fast fashion.” Like its clothing counterpart, it prioritizes low-cost, low-quality and fleeting trends over durability, resulting in disposable items […]
Intel's new $220 Arc B570 puts up an impressive fight, and marks a return of truly budget GPU offerings.
Will Americans get banned from RedNote before the U.S. government has a chance to ban RedNote?
The attacker is reported to be an 18-year-old student, according to preliminary information.
The sun will rise above Finland's northernmost municipality of Utsjoki on Friday, marking the end of the polar night, a nearly two-month period of continuous darkness. This event, called Kaamos in Finnish, occurs above the Arctic Circle each winter.
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Dezeen Showroom: Portuguese brand Burel Factory has harnessed the natural characteristics of wool to create a fabric that reinterprets traditional craft for modern commercial spaces. Burel Factory makes a special wool fabric known as burel fabric, which is a heritage product of Portugal's Serra da Estrela mountains, where the company still operates using ancestral machinery.
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The Kogi State Government has vowed to prosecute a 40-year-old man, Elisha Daniel, accused of raping a three-year-old girl. The act, described as “barbaric” by officials, has sparked outrage, with authorities emphasising that such behaviour cannot be tolerated in society. Addressing journalists in Lokoja on Thursday, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo,
Читать дальше...While The Dark Knight and Oppenheimer are in the running for Christopher Nolan's best movie, what does the filmmaker consider his most underrated film?
15 hours in, it seems like an improvement on Civilization VI's missteps.
Competitive with a 4060, with 10GB RAM and a lower price (if you can get one).
