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💧 Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests
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Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests
Forest loss does more than reduce tree cover. A new global study involving UBC Okanagan researchers shows it can fundamentally change how watersheds hold and release water. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed data from 657 watersheds across six continents.

10 things my wife learned from her first 100 miles e-biking to work
https://electrek.co/2023/12/11/everything-my-wife-learned-from-her-first-100-miles-e-biking-to-work/

Everything my wife learned from her first 100 miles e-biking to work
After my wife's first 100+ miles of riding her e-bike to work, she's learned a lot about the advantages and disadvantages of bike commutes.

Adobe updates Firefly to add Quick Cut, a new AI tool to edit footage and B-roll to create a first draft of the final video based on user prompts (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/adobe-fireflys-vi…

Adobe Firefly's video editor can now automatically create a first draft from footage | TechCrunch
Adobe Firefly is getting a new feature called Quick Cut that uses AI to edit footage to create a first draft of the final video based on user instructions.

Forscher verwandeln Mond- und Marsregolith in fruchtbaren Boden
Wovon sollen Menschen in künftigen Kolonien auf dem Mond oder dem Mars leben? Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, dass dort in den Böden Pflanzen gedeihen können.

How to Write Your First #OpenTelemetry Declarative Config File with Trace
https://oneuptime.com/blog/post/2026-02-06-first-otel-declarative-config-file/view…

Indigenous communities oppose Papua forest rezoning for palm oil https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/indigenous-communities-oppose-papua-forest-rezoning-for-palm-oil/

Indigenous communities oppose Papua forest rezoning for palm oil
JAKARTA — Indigenous communities in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua accuse the government of underhanded zoning changes to expand the so-called food estate program there to include large-scale oil palm plantations. Indigenous representatives have filed a formal objection to two decrees issued by the Ministry of Forestry that reclassify 486,939 hectares (1.2 million acres) of […]

Survey: when breaking news happens, 36% of US adults turn first to their preferred news outlet for more info, 28% use search engines, and 19% use social media (Christopher St. Aubin/Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20

Where do Americans turn first for information about breaking news?
When a breaking news event happens, 36% of U.S. adults say they typically turn first to their preferred news organization to get more information.

Zaluzhnyi: Ukraine’s first drone factory begins operating in the UK: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/25/zaluzhnyi-ukraines-first-drone-factory.html

Report: Samsung co-CEO TM Roh told company leaders that the mobile division MX could report its first ever annual loss this year, amid RAM and storage shortages (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/04/22/sams

Samsung is increasingly worried about first-ever mobile division loss in RAM crisis, report
As AI continues to eat up the market’s RAM output, smartphones are in crisis as costs continue to skyrocket. A...

Adobe updates Firefly to add Quick Cut, a new AI tool to edit footage and B-roll to create a first draft of the final video based on user prompts (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/adobe-fireflys-vi…

Adobe Firefly's video editor can now automatically create a first draft from footage | TechCrunch
Adobe Firefly is getting a new feature called Quick Cut that uses AI to edit footage to create a first draft of the final video based on user instructions.