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Living History: How Shellfish Are Predicting The Future
As Climate Change becomes a bigger issue, researchers grapple for reliable data showcasing repeating climate patterns. Among the tools researchers have begun to employ is the use of shellfish. Sclerochronology is a cost-effective way to understand past environmental data, and is becoming increasingly popular in the scientific industry. Understand the tools researchers use to form new data with this post!
How AI is helping us solve climate change
AlphaEarth, Google Deepmind’s newest project, is solving countless researching issues. By joining massive amounts of data together, then using AI to clean up the excess, AlphaEarth has created the biggest collection of data in the world, containing almost if not all data researchers may need. With over eight years worth of research, and more than a trillion embeddings per year, AlphaEarth can solve many issues – including one important controversy.
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Saving Coffee One Gene At A Time
Maybe you hang out in the local coffeeshop on weekends, or brew a quick cup in the morning. Maybe your friends or family drink coffee every day. If so, it may worry you to realize that coffee is going extinct – and it’s our fault. By 2050, coffee won’t be a daily ritual anymore. Unless we act now. There are plenty of wild coffee species with helpful genes we could genetically engineer into our domestic crops. With initiative, we can save our coffee, one gene at a time.
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Pollinators In Need: The Endangered Giant Panda
The Giant Panda, a majestic creature iconic throughout the world, is endangered. Pandas are incredibly important in ecosystems. As a top pollinator and vegetation-controlling animal, without these creatures, farming in China would be nearly impossible. But for those of us not living in China, why should we care that it’s going extinct? Read this post to find out!
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🚨 The Plastic Problem 🚨
This blog post focuses on plastic in oceans, in particularly in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Unfortunately, the plastic problem runs much deeper, and this blog post only highlights a small portion of this issue. Check out the links to other sites like ours! Click here to view the whole post!
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Climate Change 