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"Grasslands are vanishing nearly four times faster than forests, global study finds"
#Grasslands #Environment
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Grasslands are vanishing nearly four times faster than forests, global study finds
Along with forests, grasslands and wetlands are also being converted to cropland and pasture at an increasing rate around the world—often for livestock farming and the export of agricultural products. An international team of researchers, including Martin Persson from Chalmers, has now analyzed for the first time where, for what purpose, and how quickly natural non-forest ecosystems are being converted into agricultural land on a global scale. The results show that these ecologically highly v…

Horizon Quantum, which aims to list on Nasdaq via a SPAC in Q1 2026, claims it is the first private company to deploy a commercial quantum computer in Singapore (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/horizon-qu

Software startup deploys Singapore’s first quantum computer for commercial use
Singapore-based software firm Horizon Quantum Computing has become the first private firm to deploy a quantum computer for commercial use in the city-state.

Huge Oil Drilling Plan Threatens Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/huge-oil-drilling-plan-threatens-alabamas-conecuh-national-forest-2026-02-02/

Huge Oil Drilling Plan Threatens Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest
MONTGOMERY, Ala.— The Center for Biological Diversity and the Alabama Ornithological Society filed an objection today to the U.S. Forest Service’s proposal to allow oil and gas drilling across the entire 83,000-acre Conecuh National Forest in southern Alabama.

💧 Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds
#water

Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds
Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the University of Leeds has put a monetary value on one of forests' least recognized services as a source of rainfall to surrounding regions, finding that each hectare generates 2.4 million liters of rain each year—enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Germany, Israel Hold First Joint Cyberattack Exercises
https://www.thetrumpet.com/33554-germany-israel-hold-first-joint-cyberattack-exercises

Germany, Israel Hold First Joint Cyberattack Exercises
See this and more on theTrumpet.com

FIRST LAUNCH OF FP7! Will the new Ukrainian ballistics reach the Urals?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/01/first-launch-of-fp-will.html

NASA's SPHEREx has completed its first multispectral map of the infrared sky.
It sees the sky in 102 infrared "colors," which lets it do things like this: One image highlights mature stars; the other focuses on carbon soot & gas clouds where new stars form. 🧪🔭
https://www.jpl.…

SPHEREx’s First All-Sky Map
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.

Zelensky names First Deputy Foreign Minister Kyslytsya as new Presidential Office deputy head: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/03/zelensky-names-first-deputy-foreign.html

A NATO first: construction of a Ukrainian defense plant begins in Denmark: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/04/a-nato-first-construction-of.html

⚡️MADURO’s detention is ZELENSKYY’s first reaction #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/03/maduros-detention-is-zelenskyys-first.html