Category: 9. Environment

Study area

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) has the potential to become a world-class urban agglomeration and represents a new effort to promote a comprehensive pattern of openness in the new era⁴⁹. GBA is located in southern…

Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go?

The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particles from the tires’ synthetic rubber carry

Multi-tiered BCT for Agri-IoT

Figure 1 shows a multi-tiered system that uses a permissioned BCT to secure and optimize Agri-IoT data interactions. This system has edge, fog, and cloud tiers. ‘’Data Handlers’ are functional components of each…

Canada is facing another dangerous wildfire season, with burning forests sending smoke plumes across the provinces and into the U.S. again. The pace of the 2025 fires is reminiscent of the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season, which exposed…

Canada is facing another dangerous wildfire season, with burning forests sending smoke plumes across the provinces and into the U.S. again. The pace of the 2025 fires is reminiscent of the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season, which exposed…

The winners of the 11^th annual Mangrove Photography Awards (MPA) have been announced. The contest, hosted by the U.S.-based Mangrove Action Project, showcases powerful photographic…

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.

The eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic…

Risk model

The model workflow used in this study was centred on a conceptual framework for risk quantification:

where risk (R) is a function (\(\:{f}_{C}\)) of the consequences from an ESL event (H) impacting an…