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    €65 thousand for killing a bee: a decision on how to save endangered bees

    According to British biologists, if the bees disappear, humanity will have to live on the planet for only four years. Let’s get acquainted with Rubryka story about what in the world is done to prevent this from happening. This year, the Hollywood star, one of the most beautiful women on the planet, Angelina Jolie, tried […]

    UAE firms unveil plan to produce region’s first ‘green steel’
    31 Aug 2021

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, better known as TAQA, has announced a partnership with Emirates Steel to develop a large-scale green hydrogen project enabling the first green steel produced in the MENA region. Under the agreement, TAQA and Emirates Steel will consider utilising green hydrogen to optimise clean steel production level, Arabian Business reports. The […]

    Oman signs land deal for green hydrogen project with India’s ACME
    31 Aug 2021

    Oman has signed a land reservation agreement for a green hydrogen and ammonia project that Indian company ACME aims to set up in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, Oman’s state news agency said on Twitter on August 23. The deal is part of a plan by Oman’s Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and […]

    Oman roots for environment in global STEM challenge

    A student-teacher team from Oman is competing in a global innovation and robotics challenge, alongside peers from about 170 countries, Times of Oman reports. The six-member team, supported by two teacher-supervisors, has completed the initial phase of First Global 2021. The three phases comprise the solution, robotics and nanosatellite challenges. First Global is an annual […]

    In Siberia, scientists found a well-preserved body of a cave lion 28 thousand years old

    An international team of scientists claims to have found in Siberia, under a layer of permafrost, the extremely well-preserved body of a baby cave lion cub – so well that even its internal organs remained intact, NBC News reported. Scientists call lion cub Sparta, he was found in 2018 in Yakutia. This region is part […]

    Iraq’s environment, food security very fragile: deputy minister

    Iraq’s fields and orchards are drying up. Mismanagement of water resources has left the country’s environment vulnerable to climate change, the deputy minister for the environment told Rudaw, resulting in fragile food and national security, Rudaw states. “Diyala used to be a food basket for all Iraq, from fruits to dates. Baqubah is famous for […]

    Benefits from the AI will be received only by the wealthiest businessmen, high officials, and leading AI developers – expert

    One of the prominent August news became Jack Clark’s “manifesto” called “Big models: What has happened, where are we going, and who gets to build them.” He delivered it on August 23rd at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). Jack Clark is a co-founder of Anthropic, an AI safety and research company; co-chair […]

    In 80 years, up to 95% of the ocean surface may become uninhabitable, scientists say
    31 Aug 2021

    A team of scientists from the American Northwestern University found in a study that global climate change by 2100 will irreversibly change up to 95% of the world’s oceans, making them uninhabitable. They stated it in a scientific article on the Nature portal. The climate of the ocean surface has a characteristic temperature, acidity, and […]

    Qatari mass fish farming project to produce 600 tonnes of tilapia annually

    Qatar’s environment ministry has launched an initiative that aims to produce over 600 tonnes of tilapia fish annually in a mass fish farming project. More than 600 tonnes of tilapia fish are expected to be produced as part of a Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) project, Doha News reports. The National Initiative for Farming […]

    Deadly generators patch up Iraqi Kurdistan’s power supply
    30 Aug 2021

    In the shadow of a three-walled cinder block shack housing a generator in Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan), Ghazi Rasheed’s phone won’t stop lighting up. He fields calls from distraught and angry customers – “What happened? Why is my house dark?” – while frantically workinonto getting the generator up and running, sending electricity to his neighborhood when […]