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COP15 Kunming: UN biodiversity summit set to be delayed a fourth time

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The COP15 summit on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework, due to be held at Kunming in China during April and May, will now be held in August instead, New Scientist understands Environment 8 March 2022 , updated 8 March 2022 By Adam Vaughan Kunming Botanical Garden in Kunming, China, where COP15 is due to take place … Read more

AI makes simulations of huge amounts of molecules possible

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Computer simulations of clouds of atoms and molecules must always trade scale for accuracy, but a new technique shows that both are possible at once using AI and clever coding Technology 12 January 2022 By Matthew Sparkes The Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee ORNL and Carlos Jones Artificial intelligence has been used … Read more

Biodiversity: China summit leadership is lacking, says UK economist

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China is set to host a major biodiversity summit in 2022, but leading economist Partha Dasgupta says it is unclear what the country wants to achieve Environment 24 December 2021 By Adam Vaughan Partha Dasgupta The author of a major UK government biodiversity report says he sees no sign that China is showing serious leadership … Read more

Biggest science news of 2021: COP26 Glasgow climate summit lays the groundwork for a decade of action

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Within days of the dramatic closing of November’s COP26 climate summit, the Glasgow Climate Pact was already having an impact Environment 15 December 2021 By Adam Vaughan COP26 president Alok Sharma was visibly emotional in the summit’s closing moments REUTERS/Phil Noble JUST days after it was agreed on by nearly 200 countries at the COP26 … Read more