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Forests are dying along North Carolina's coast—and it's speeding up #Carolina

Forests are dying along North Carolina's coast—and it's speeding up
A new study finds that coastal forest loss in North Carolina's Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula began accelerating after 2010 and may still be speeding up. The study also found that North Carolina lost more than 20% of its coastal forest between 1985 and 2021.

Sources: David Sacks' Craft Ventures is targeting around $1B for a new fund, its first since Sacks stepped down as the White House AI and crypto czar (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sacks-craft-targets-1-b…

Sacks’ Craft Targets $1 Billion in First Fund Since White House Stint
Craft Ventures, the VC firm helmed by former White House AI czar David Sacks, is raising its first fund since Sacks stepped away from the Trump Administration role earlier this year, according to a securities filing and two people with knowledge of the effort. The firm is targeting around $1 ...

A great example of optical music recognition (OMR) used to convert old sheet music into digital formats that could then be played through synthesisers: Bringing Forgotten Music Back to Life with Optical Music Recognition https://blog.archive.org/2026/07/22/br

"Tanzania’s first official wildlife corridor links savanna elephants to rainforest"
#Tanzania #Elephants

Tanzania’s first official wildlife corridor links savanna elephants to rainforest
African savanna elephants in southern Tanzania have an unusual habit: They climb mountains. Up to 1,000 of the pachyderms spend part of their time in the Udzungwa Mountains, clambering up and down steep slopes that are clad in lush, closed-canopy rainforest. “They go everywhere,” said Trevor Jones, director of strategy and development at the Southern […]

First impressions of Seahawks' new offense, and how it might look if Sam Darnold misses time https://www.nfl.com/news/first-impressions-of-seahawks-new-offense-and-how-it-might-look-if-sam-darnold-misses-time

‘A God-almighty punch-up’: rare footage shows Battle of Hastings (the 1966 one) | English Heritage | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/06/rare-footage-first-battle-of-hastings-re-enactment

‘A God-almighty punch-up’: rare footage shows Battle of Hastings (the 1966 one)
English Heritage acquires film of first re-enactment, ‘a lot of pushing and shoving’ between Kent and Sussex students

Logging threatens Bornean forest earmarked for Indigenous Peace Park https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/logging-threatens-bornean-forest-earmarked-for-indigenous-peace-park/

Logging threatens Bornean forest earmarked for Indigenous Peace Park
Part of a forest in Malaysian Borneo that Indigenous communities had envisioned co-managing and self-governing has been turned into an active commercial logging concession, according to a recent civil society report. The 283,500-hectare (700,500-acre) Upper Baram Forest Area, in the northeastern part of the state of Sarawak, was proposed as a community-led conservation area more […]

49ers Dominate N.F.L.’s First Regular-Season Game in Australia https://www.nytimes.com/video/the-athletic/100000011146693/49ers-dominate-nfls-first-regular-season-game-in-australia.html

Tanzania’s first official wildlife corridor links savanna elephants to rainforest https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/tanzanias-first-official-wildlife-corridor-links-savanna-elephants-to-rainforest/

Tanzania’s first official wildlife corridor links savanna elephants to rainforest
African savanna elephants in southern Tanzania have an unusual habit: They climb mountains. Up to 1,000 of the pachyderms spend part of their time in the Udzungwa Mountains, clambering up and down steep slopes that are clad in lush, closed-canopy rainforest. “They go everywhere,” said Trevor Jones, director of strategy and development at the Southern […]

El Niño-fuelled wildfires destroy precious Indonesian forests – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2026/sep/06/el-nino-fuelled-wildfires-destroy-precious-indonesian-forests-in-pictures