Jul 8, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Hybrids, Investment, Mobility, Transit
Amtrack is investing $7.3 billion in a new fleet of state-of-the-art trains, including some of its first hybrid-electric powered trains, to modernize its aging fleet and attract more travelers, the company said Wednesday. The company is buying up to 83 new trains that...
Jul 8, 2021 | Oceanography, Robots, Sustainability
Liane Thompson and her husband and business partner, Simeon Pieterkosky, were well ahead of the blue economy curve when they founded Aquaai in 2014. Simeon’s work was in robotics and climate change, but his daughter had the vision for their company’s priority....
Jul 8, 2021 | Climate, Oceanography, Robots
Two hundred meters under the sunny waves of the ocean lies the mesopelagic zone, a cold, dark section of water where humans rarely venture. This area, dubbed the “twilight zone,” houses animals like krill, squid, and jellyfish. Twilight zone animals play a major part...
Jul 8, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Featured
Climate scientists at Agriculture Canada labs have been developing an artificial intelligence program over the past couple of years. They can now apply their AI program to real-world conditions as severe drought continues to plague parts of the Prairies and Great...
Jul 8, 2021 | Conservation, Environment, Featured, Forests
Deforestation in Colombia increased by 8% in 2020, Environment Minister Carlos Eduardo Correa said on Wednesday, despite ambitious government promises to reduce forest destruction and plant tens of millions of trees. The country lost 171,685 hectares (424,000 acres)...
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