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Gender Biases in AI Systems Pose Risks to Women’s Security in South-East Asia

Categories Social Sciences, Technology

Degradation of Earth’s extensive, often immense natural pastures and other rangelands due to overuse, misuse, climate change and biodiversity loss poses a severe threat to humanity’s food supply and the wellbeing or survival of billions of people, the UN warns in a stark new report.

Degradation of Earth’s Vast Rangelands Threatens Food Security, Livelihoods of Billions

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Social Sciences

Five consecutive rainfall season failures in the Horn of Africa caused the region’s worst drought in 40 years (with Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia particularly hard hit), contributing to reduced agricultural productivity, food insecurity and high food prices (WMO, 2023)

Drought data shows “an unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale”

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment

Contributions of different energy sources in supplying electricity to the global BTC mining network during the 2020-2021 period

The hidden environmental impacts of bitcoin: Carbon not the only harmful byproduct

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

World’s Cities Warming at Twice Global Average Rate

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment

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