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"Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it most"
#Trees #Nature #Environment

Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it most
Trees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavement and buildings in the world's cities, but they're not doing enough cooling in hotter, poorer cities where it's needed the most as the world warms, a new study found.

Why One World Cup Stadium Is the Exception to FIFA’s Rule https://www.nytimes.com/video/the-athletic/100000010835099/why-one-world-cup-stadium-is-the-exception-to-fifas-rule.html

Осужденный преступник незаконно отдал приказ направить на Ближний Восток 2500 морских пехотинцев и десантный корабль после почти двух недель незаконной войны.
https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/116224525207399443

Oh.
https://lemmy.world/comment/23699816

GitLab Act 2 - A letter to our customers and our investors. - Lemmy.World
Lots of layoffs (“re-evaluating our operational footprint”) and switching to “agentic” processes. Target user is AI. Anyone still hosting Gitlab?

John F. Burns, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times foreign correspondent who reported from South Africa, Iraq, and other bureaus, dies at 81 (Alan Cowell/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/world/j

John F. Burns, Prize-winning Foreign Correspondent for The Times, Dies at 81
In a 40-year career that brought him two Pulitzers, he reported from trouble spots around the world, eloquently conveying the chaos of war.

The US' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is testing ACCESS, an outcome-based payment model for AI-driven medical care, with 150 tech companies (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/medi

Medicare's new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea | TechCrunch
There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.

Hopefully some how, someway, we'll have a future and it will be like Star Trek.
Speaking of which I am really excited to find out that Thomas Jane, who played Joe Miller in The Expanse, my other favorite Science Fiction TV, will be playing Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the final episode of Series 5 of Star Trek: Next Generation!
Unfortunately even though its in production now, it won't be shown for at least 1 years from now (Season 4 is supposed to come out some time this year).
#StarTrekSNW #TheExpanse
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/characters/nm0005048/?ref_=tt_cst_c_10
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-ending-alex-kurtzman-thomas-jane-bones-perfect/
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-bones-thomas-jane-spinoff-good-news/

"Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/how-israeli-offensive-destroyed-entire-villages-in-lebanon

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon
Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

Tailings dams
– repositories of mining waste that is often toxic and stored under water
– litter landscapes around the world.
Often, they hold huge quantities of poisonous, harmful material .
While tailings dams are theoretically built to last for ever, more extreme weather driven by the climate crisis has changed the risk profile of many structures.
Flooding, intense rainfall and other weather extremes mean that many of them are more unstable, according to ex…

"Protecting pollinating insects could improve diets and livelihoods worldwide – new study"
#Insects #Animals

Protecting pollinating insects could improve diets and livelihoods worldwide – new study
Pollinators support our nutritional health and are critical for crops of fruit, vegetables and beans.