To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

Unlike the risks from AI’s capabilities, the economic risks from new technologies are knowable and can be mitigated

Rufus Rock, Researcher, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL • conversation
April 10, 2024 ~17 min

Inside the black box of Amazon returns

Returns are becoming a costly sustainability problem for retailers and the planet. A supply chain expert explains.

Simone Peinkofer, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University • conversation
June 14, 2023 ~7 min


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

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

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

‘Savannization’ threatens most land mammals in the Amazon

The "savannization" of the Brazilian Amazon is threatening the land animals that live there. "We're losing Amazon forest as we speak."

Kat Kerlin-UC Davis • futurity
Feb. 17, 2023 ~5 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

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


Harvard and Amazon Web Services partner to transform impact computing

New alliance between Harvard Data Science Initiative and Amazon Web Services set to transform how faculty use data to solve the world’s biggest problems.

Gray Milkowski • harvard
Nov. 8, 2022 ~12 min

Zero deforestation in the Amazon is now possible – here's what needs to happen

Three reasons for failure, and four reasons to be hopeful.

Rachael Garrett, Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge • conversation
Nov. 4, 2022 ~7 min

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