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19 December 2022
Enviro ChatResponsible for an estimated 25% of greenhouse gas emissions around the world, agriculture has an outsized impact on the environment. And the relationship is a mutually destructive one, too, since global warming and climate change have the potential to damage agricultural infrastructure, reduce crop yields and compromise food security.
In order to try and address this urgent issue, the UAE i...
15 December 2022
Lab DesignThe Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA) is pleased to announce that on November 9, 2022, its Board of Directors unanimously approved SEFA-12-2022 – the first ever Laboratory Grade Seating Standard. This document should be referenced when purchasing seating for use in laboratory environments. For a limited time, we are offering a complimentary download of the SEFA 12 document f...
12 December 2022
Chem ChatThe UAE has announced it will target the expansion of its oil production capacity to five million barrels per day (bpd) three years sooner than previously expected. Originally slated to come into effect in 2030, the board of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), which is the state-owned oil company, has revealed it will now do so by 2027 instead.
The reason for bringing forward the exp...
05 December 2022
Enviro ChatProduction of food, whether it be from agriculture or aquaculture, often receives a bad rap in environmental terms. Growing crops and breeding animals to feed the world’s swelling population consumes vast amounts of energy and natural resources, as well as producing significant greenhouse gas emissions which pollute the air and contribute to global warming.
But while that might hold true for...
30 November 2022
Lab ChatThe Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi is set to house a new supercomputer developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), which will help to further its capabilities in data analysis, machine learning and AI. Those disciplines are expected to form essential components of research and development in a wide variety of industries going forwards.
That i...
25 November 2022
Enviro ChatHistorically speaking, the Middle East is a region which has built its vast reserves of wealth – not to mention its economic independence and infrastructure – on the extraction and exportation of fossil fuels. For that reason, it’s perhaps unsurprising that major oil-producing nations like the UAE and Saudi Arabia (and even the USA) have resisted urgent action on climate change in the past.
...21 November 2022
Lab ChatAt the present time, the average human being dies at 76 years old. But what if they could add an extra quarter of a century to their lifespan? Not just 25 more years of living, but 25 years of health, vitality and fun. That’s the aim of the biggest medical group in the UAE, Pure Health, who are targeting an average life expectancy of 101 for everyone in the world.
To achieve that ambitious g...
17 November 2022
Enviro ChatThe UAE and the USA have announced they will be joining forces to launch the Partnership for Accelerating Clean Energy (PACE), which has as its goal the generation of 100GW of additional clean energy across the globe by 2035. In order to achieve that ambitious target, the two countries will invest $100 billion in funds targeting clean energy and carbon emission abatement initiatives.
The agr...
11 November 2022
Enviro ChatSeven in 10 people living in the Emirates believe that action must be taken within the next five years in order to avoid the most damaging consequences of climate change and secure a sustainable tomorrow for future generations. Those are the findings of a nationwide survey conducted by global consultancy experts Kearney.
The study is a significant one, given that the UAE is set to host the C...
26 October 2022
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