A new analysis predicts that, as climate change progresses, the most suitable regions for growing coffee arabica, cashews, and avocados will decline in some of the main countries that produce these crops. Roman Grüter and colleagues at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on January 26,…
Leader in Chicken and Biscuits Signs Development Agreements to Expand Across Dallas Fort-Worth, Houston, Austin and San Antonio Charlotte, NC (RestaurantNews.com) Bojangles, one of the nation’s leading restaurant franchises famous for its chicken and biscuits, announced today additional plans to grow throughout Texas. In June 2021, Bojangles disclosed its launch into Houston and Dallas Fort-Worth…
When Sophia Huston started working as a hotshot — a specialized wildland firefighter with advanced technical training — she was 19 and didn’t know what she was getting herself into. She was physically fit and worked out regularly, but she wasn’t ready for preseason training, when the U.S. Forest Service, the agency she worked for,…
Amazon had hoped to celebrate Cyber Monday with a big helping of publisher-supplied shoppable live video this year. With one notable exception, those hopes went unfulfilled. More than two years after renewing focus on its live-stream shopping product, Amazon Live, Amazon is still mostly reliant on an eclectic collection of reality TV stars and YouTubers to…
Blockchain technology is solving a lot of problems across multiple sectors of the global economy and, apparently, starting a meme gold rush (Source: NBCNews) on the sidelines. But do you ever wonder if there is anything that blockchain can never do? Create liquid assets. The very process of selling a token implies an existence of…
With one of its founding members preparing to exit the project because of concerns over the growing influence of non-European entities on its operations, questions are being asked about Gaia-X’s future By Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK Published: 24 Nov 2021 16:30 More than two years have passed since the Gaia-X project went public with…
Source: Adobe/thodonalThe burgeoning decentralized finance (DeFi) market is evolving beyond Ethereum (ETH) and onto other chains. What may be surprising to hear for some: Bitcoin (BTC) is one of them. Read on the learn more about the growing Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem and what kind of yields you can expect to earn on your BTC holdings. DeFi on…
A shellfish growing area has reopened for shellfish harvesting after a Camyboacter outbreak closed the pond two months ago. Potter Pond is located in South Kingstown, RI, and was under investigation by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), and Rhode Island of Environmental Management (DEM). Potter Pond…
WASHINGTON – A year ago, as Americans were casting their votes for president, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic had shifted attitudes toward greater support for a more robust role for government. Many Democrats believed that could be a long-lasting effect and President Joe Biden built his domestic agenda in part around the idea that…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Levels of eco-anxiety—the chronic fear of environmental doom—are growing, particularly among children and young people, and are likely to be significant and potentially damaging to individuals and society, warn experts in The BMJ today. Mala Rao and Richard A Powell say neglecting the effects of increasing eco-anxiety “risks exacerbating health and…