Artificial intelligence offers an “unprecedented opportunity” for more precise and meaningful weather forecasting, a conference in Abu Dhabi has heard. Experts and policymakers met in the UAE capital on Tuesday for the World Meteorological Organisation’s session on AI and the role it plays in weather forecasting. Dr Abdulla Al Mandous, WMO president, said that while forecasting is entering a […]
As the UAE grapples with water scarcity and flash floods, rain is both a blessing and a warning. Outside of a mountain village in the northern outskirts of the United Arab Emirates, clouds on a recent weekend suddenly crowded out the white-hot sun that bakes this desert nation in the summer months. Fierce winds blew […]
The Rub’ Al Khali, or Empty Quarter, is often thought of as an area of endless sand dunes, a landscape that is striking but, as its name suggests, empty. But those who have been there many times know that there is much more to the Empty Quarter than the cliché of nothingness, even if visitors may have […]
Abu Dhabi is looking to the public to help shape the next stage of its single-use plastic policy, as the emirate prepares for a federal ban to come into force next year. The Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi has launched a public survey aimed at evaluating the environmental, health and social effects of the single-use plastics regulations […]
Dubai Municipality has strengthened its efforts to safeguard public health and ensure the highest standards of food safety and nutrition in schools across the emirate. The measures, which apply to kindergartens, nurseries, and schools, aim to create a safe and healthy environment for students throughout the 2025 academic year. As part of its ongoing inspection […]
The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE) has launched the Energy Efficiency Accelerators in the Industrial Sector initiative, aiming to enable 100 establishments in the emirate’s industrial sector. The programme will help companies improve their energy and water usage, boosting their contribution towards the objectives of the UAE Net Zero 2050 Strategic Initiative. Launched as part of the Abu Dhabi […]
At Yas SeaWorld Research & Rescue Center, routine is a myth. A single shift for the park’s director of animal health and welfare, Dr Elsburgh Octavius Clarke III, known as Dr Tres, can feature snakes, sharks, sea turtles and the occasional medical puzzle that few facilities are equipped to handle. “I call my team the […]
Red meat production must be reduced at a much higher rate that previously estimated to help tackle global food security issues, scientists in the Gulf have found. Researchers in Saudi Arabia have called for red meat consumption to be cut by 70 per cent by 2050 and replaced by seafood so degraded land can be restored and […]
The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has announced the results of its research collaboration with Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, which examined residents’ behaviour in managing household waste. This partnership forms a key component of the forthcoming launch of a transformative, behavioural nudging campaign designed to reshape waste management across the emirate of Abu Dhabi. […]
Students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have develop a series of projects that convert environmental extremes into performance assets, to help minimise energy consumption in Dubai’s hot climate. Set within Ghaf Woods, the forest-integrated community that is redefining urban living in the city, each of the projects features a low-rise, multi-use recreation center embodying ecological […]
