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Logged forests burn more severely than old growth, Tasmanian study finds #Tasmania

Logged forests burn more severely than old growth, Tasmanian study finds
Tasmania's logged forests burn significantly more severely in a bushfire than old growth, University of Tasmania scientists have found in a study that provides the strongest evidence yet on a question with real consequences for how the state manages its forests. The research team, led by Professor David Bowman from the University of Tasmania's Fire Center, seized on a natural experiment when the 2019 Riveaux Road fire swept through the Huon Valley.

Digital-Health-Podcast: Zwischen Fortschritt und Frust bei der E-Patientenakte
Warum nutzen viele Versicherte die ePA nicht? Und welche Risiken bringt §25b? Darüber spricht Lucas Auer vom vzbv im Digital-Health-Podcast von heise online.

FIRST Mid-Year Vulnerability Forecast Confirms Historic Surge, Projects ~66,000 CVEs in 2026
https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20260615

FIRST Mid-Year Vulnerability Forecast Confirms Historic Surge, Projects ~66,000 CVEs in 2026
AI and a rapidly expanding CVE ecosystem blow past February's already-record projections by 46%, but exploitable risk remains flat

"Urine From Music Festival Toilets is Fertilizing a New Biodiverse Forest With Odor-Free Nutrients'
#Festivals #Biodiversity

Urine From Music Festival Toilets is Fertilizing a New Biodiverse Forest With Odor-Free Nutrients
In a UK first, a new forest is set to be grown with fertilized nutrients recovered from urine collected at music festival toilets.

The government has largely won its first case bringing
🆘 "material-support-for-terrorism" charges against protesters
alleged to belong to “antifa,”
-- which Donald Trump designated as a domestic terror group in 2025
👉despite the fact that no such organized group exists
⚠️ and the president has no legal authority to designate organizations as domestic terror groups.
A federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas agreed on Friday
to convict eight people…

‘Serious threat to the First Amendment’ as Trump admin wins first antifa terror charge
“A case like this helps the government kind of see how far they can go in criminalizing constitutionally protected protest,” one legal advocate said.

Alibaba's AI unit Tongyi Lab launches the Qwen Robot Suite, its first family of AI models for robots, in pilot testing with some enterprise clients (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article

Alibaba eyes physical world with its first suite of AI models for robots
Alibaba unveils Qwen robot models to push AI beyond chatbots, as embodied intelligence becomes the next frontier in global AI.

2026 NFL worst mock draft ever: First-round picks designed to frustrate every NFL fan base

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-worst-mock-draft-ever-frustrate-fans/…

Defensive rewilding could turn wetlands and forests into border barriers #nature

Defensive rewilding could turn wetlands and forests into border barriers
Restoring forests, wetlands and peatlands could help defend national borders as well as tackle climate change, according to new research from the University of East London (UEL). The study introduces the concept of "defensive rewilding"—the intentional, pre- or mid-conflict restoration of ecosystems to shape terrain in ways that can slow, redirect or impede military advances, while delivering environmental benefits.

Ghana declares its first marine protected area #Ghana

Ghana declares its first marine protected area
Ghana declares its first marine protected area at Cape Three Points, aiming to restore depleted fish stocks, strengthen fisheries management, and boost food security.

Back-to-back Amazon droughts trigger record forest stress #Amazon

Back-to-back Amazon droughts trigger record forest stress
Two back-to-back droughts in 2023 and 2024 caused the most severe decline in forest moisture and biomass (the total mass of living vegetation such as leaves, trunks and branches) in the Amazon since 1992, according to a study published in the journal PNAS. And many of the hardest hit areas are unlikely to recover before the next major drought arrives.