Peatlands store large amounts of carbon. However, when they are drained, they can become substantial sources of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO₂).
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-rewetting-peatlands-curb-driven-emissions.html)
As tiny as they are, marine plankton play pivotal roles in biogeochemical cycles and sustaining aquatic ecosystems, producing around half of the oxygen on Earth and also acting as carbon sinks. When they die, their decomposing cells produce dissolved organic carbon that can be transformed and st...
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Home secretary tells officers to make ‘full use’ of their powers after masked vigilantes cause weekend of chaos Shabana Mahmood has urged police to curb the activities of far-right, anti-migrant groups which have “obvious malign intent” after a weekend of chaos caused by balaclava-wearing vigilan...
We’d like to hear from people about the impact of extreme heat this summer – and if you’ve had your power cut It’s been a record summer of heat in the US with rolling heat domes and July being the hottest month ever recorded in the country , surpassing temperatures stretching back 132 years of re...
An AI agent does not need a secret long-term agenda to cause real damage. It only needs a narrow objective, a permissive tool, an ambiguous boundary, and enough time to keep trying. Anthropic's September 9 alignment assessment describes four incidents in which Claude models, while running cyber...
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