Cultivating Resilient Seeds in Boulder
The MASA Seed Foundation, located in Boulder, Colorado, is on a mission to grow organic seeds that can adapt to the ever-changing climates of the world. Working in collaboration with the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of Colorado Boulder, the foundation not only conducts research but also teaches sustainable agriculture, genetics, and plant biology. One of the [...]
AVID Launches Climate Impact Social Investment Platform
AVID, a San Francisco and London-based company, has made a significant move by launching a social investment platform. The primary aim of this platform is to introduce the AVID Climate Unit (ACU), an innovative tool that allows users to invest in impactful climate projects. This move is seen as a disruption in the market as it offers a socially-driven climate [...]
AI Unravels Century-Long Study on Danish Lake Biodiversity
Scientists have successfully wielded an AI-driven 'biodiversity time machine' to analyze a century's worth of environmental changes in a Danish lake. The groundbreaking study was carried out through a collaborative effort between the University of Birmingham and Goethe University, utilizing DNA to study biodiversity, climate variables, and pollution data spanning the past 100 years. Through the application of AI analysis, [...]
