Adam Smith

5 days ago | context.news | Adam Smith

What’s the context? Ocean mineral hunt sparks legal chaos and threatens unknown species. Deep-sea mining poses risk of ecological collapseCompanies exploit legal loopholes offshoreGlobal competition rises over seabed controlLONDON - A Canadian mining company has been boosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in its push to exploit the ocean floor for minerals such as lithium that are critical to the world's clean energy transition.

2 weeks ago | context.news | Adam Smith

What’s the context? Thousands of volunteers are testing the UK's waterways, providing data to drive solutions and pursue polluters. Volunteers testing rivers for chemicalsGovernment agency struggles with resource cutsCitizen science aims to improve waterwaysThe plight of Britain's polluted rivers is no secret, but this past weekend, an army of citizen scientists set out to measure the scale of the problem, hoping to plug knowledge gaps exacerbated by cutbacks at a key environmental regulator.

1 month ago | context.news | Adam Smith

What’s the context? U.S. volunteers restore health and climate data deleted by Trump administration - for everyone to use. Volunteers build new tools for public accessEfforts hobbled by limited resourcesTools map climate change, health risksLONDON - In defiance of an executive order that wiped reams of data from U.S. government websites, volunteers are reversing "this act of official vandalism" and ensuring open access to the censored climate, LGBTQ+ and health stats.

1 month ago | omanobserver.om | Adam Smith

Ahead of an April 5 deadline for TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the video app or face a ban in the United States, bidders are lining up to make a deal, but it is not clear yet if a sale will go through on time. President Donald Trump has said he is "very close" to reaching a deal on TikTok, with multiple investors involved.

1 month ago | context.news | Adam Smith

What’s the context? New technologies are helping detect earthquakes and minimise destruction, but predicting a specific tremor remains a challenge. AI advances earthquake detectionQuake in Myanmar causes widespread damageDigital divide limits data accessLONDON - When the Greek island of Santorini was rattled by a series of quakes this year, sending tourists and residents fleeing, seismologist Margarita Segou got to work with an algorithm called QuakeFlow to try to figure out what was happening.