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YC graduate Genecis Bioindustries turns food waste into compostable plastics Climate Change

YC graduate Genecis Bioindustries turns food waste into compostable plastics

Unfortunately, the world doesn’t have a constant quantity of problems, and while governments and most private businesses are focused on tackling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, companies like Genecis Bioindustries are working on technologies to solve another major problem: climate change. For over a decade, sustainability advocates and entrepreneurs have been…
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March 16, 2020
Ice-Locked Arctic Science Expedition Faces Challenges After Team Member Tests Positive for COVID-19 Climate Change

Ice-Locked Arctic Science Expedition Faces Challenges After Team Member Tests Positive for COVID-19

Participants of the MOSAIC expedition walk towards Polartstern.Image: Michael GutscheAn individual involved with an international expedition to study the effects of climate change in the Arctic has tested positive for the coronavirus, in a development that could interrupt this important science mission.A team member of the expedition known as MOSAiC…
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March 11, 2020
Twitter rewrites Developer Policy to better support academic research and use of ‘good’ bots Climate Change

Twitter rewrites Developer Policy to better support academic research and use of ‘good’ bots

Twitter today updated its Developer Policy to clarify rules around data usage, including in academic research, as well as its position on bots, among other things. The policy has also been entirely rewritten in an effort to simplify the language used and make it more conversational, Twitter says. The new…
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March 10, 2020
How Humanity Could Last Forever Climate Change

How Humanity Could Last Forever

Forever WeekForever WeekThis week we're exploring all things eternal, endless, and infinite.Our species will face no shortage of existential risks in the coming decades, whether it be from nuclear war, climate change, a bioengineered pandemic, artificial superintelligence, molecular nanotechnology, or threats we have yet to conceive. Despair, cynicism, and misanthropy…
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March 6, 2020
Even the ‘optimistic’ climate change forecast is catastrophic Climate Change

Even the ‘optimistic’ climate change forecast is catastrophic

Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. Powered by its own proprietary technology, Mashable is the go-to source for tech, digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe. ©2020 Mashable, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mashable, MashBash and Mashable House are among the…
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March 5, 2020
How the UN’s Shady Aviation Organization Could Upend a Key Effort to Combat Climate Change Climate Change

How the UN’s Shady Aviation Organization Could Upend a Key Effort to Combat Climate Change

The United Nations’ official aviation body begins three weeks of talks this week. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council meeting will discuss all manner of aviation-related topics, from coronavirus to unannounced missile launches. But it is also set to make a decision on which carbon offsets it will permit…
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March 5, 2020