How can Congress regulate AI? Erect guardrails, ensure accountability and address monopolistic power
Figuring out how to regulate AI is a difficult challenge, and that’s even before tackling the problem of the small number of big companies that control the technology.
Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University •
conversation
May 30, 2023 • ~10 min
May 30, 2023 • ~10 min
The Amazon is not safe under Brazil's new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point
Nearly 95% of deforestation in the Amazon occurs within 3.5 miles of a road or near a river. Brazil’s plans to ramp up exports may be on a collision course with the forest.
Robert T. Walker, Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida •
conversation
March 22, 2023 • ~10 min
March 22, 2023 • ~10 min
Rainforests pump water round the tropics – but the pulse of this heart is weakening
By calling the Amazon “the lungs of the world”, the forest’s role in the water cycle is overlooked.
Jess Baker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tropical Climate, University of Leeds •
conversation
March 8, 2023 • ~6 min
March 8, 2023 • ~6 min
Deforestation: proposed EU import ban may fail to protect tropical rainforests and farmers – here's how it should work
The EU have introduced a new regulation on the import of products linked to deforestation – but will this reduce deforestation globally?
Joss Lyons-White, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge
• conversation
Jan. 6, 2023 • ~9 min
Jan. 6, 2023 • ~9 min
Ending Amazon deforestation: 4 essential reads about the future of the world's largest rainforest
Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will end land clearance in Brazil’s Amazon region. But powerful forces profit from rainforest destruction.
Jennifer Weeks, Senior Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation •
conversation
Nov. 18, 2022 • ~9 min
Nov. 18, 2022 • ~9 min
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