The Silicon Valley Simulation Center is developing open source models that combine machine learning with collaborative intelligence to help decision makers and diverse groups of people solve complex ecological problems. We will gather these technologies within spaces that foster robust collaboration. Our goal is to design and build mission control centers for planet Earth.
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com">https://www.theguardian.com</a> - Alejandro Litovsky
<a href="http://www.ecowatch.com">http://www.ecowatch.com</a> - Climate Nexus
The WHO said it was concerned that the latest strain was spreading and was "on the doorstep of Africa".
It is currently circulating in Cape Verde, an archipelago off the north west coast of Africa.
https://www.technologyreview.com - Richard Martin
Solar-powered desalination is ideal—if only the cost comes down.
http://www.ndtv.com - Pallava Bagla
MUMBAI: As 13 states struggle with drought, scientists in a corner of India have devised a way to make potable water - 6.3 million litre of it every day - from sea water. They have also developed certain filtration methods that ensure groundwater containing arsenic and uranium are safe to drink.
http://www.apricum-group.com - Dr. Moritz Borgmann
The Emirate of Dubai set a new world record for the cost of solar power on May 1, 2016 with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) receiving bids for the 800 MW Sheikh Maktoum Solar Park Phase III as low as 3.00 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
Saudi Arabia is ready for a world without oil.
http://www.scidev.net - Lou Del Bello
Global conflicts now often last longer than they did, and they are becoming more complex to understand and address. Some of the worst civil wars, for example in Syria or South Sudan, have now lasted so long that young children born there hardly remember peace.