Matteo Fagotto

Nov 27, 2024 | newscientist.com | Matteo Fagotto

The world’s oases are at the forefront of an existential battle against climate change: limited rainfall and rising heat have dramatically affected these unique ecosystems and the culture they sustain. Morocco has lost two-thirds of its oases – lush, fertile areas in the desert – in just a single century. Take the town of M’Hamid El Ghizlane, the last stop before the vast, dry expanse of the Sahara. Here, local people plead with the desert for water (pictured above).

Oct 13, 2024 | scmp.com | Matteo Fagotto

The wooden boards creak beneath our feet as we venture into the humid woods, with only a few flashlights to help navigate through the tropical night. Below, the mangrove forest is bursting with mud lobsters, tree-climbing crabs and water snakes, all searching for food now the scorching sun has sunk. A monitor lizard is sleeping on a nearby trunk while owls hoot from up in the tree canopy. A rooster at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, a 165-year-old tropical garden and Unesco World Heritage site.

Aug 26, 2024 | theguardian.com | Michael Safi |Matteo Fagotto |Manisha Ganguly |Philip McMahon |Andrew Roth |Oliver Laughland | +3 more

This week we are revisiting the Black Box series. This episode was first broadcast on 7 March 2024. For the past six months, the Guardian journalist Michael Safi has been trying to find out who is behind an AI company that creates deepfakes. These deepfakes are causing havoc around the world, with police and lawmakers baffled about how to deal with them. And in trying to answer one question, he has been left with a bigger one: is AI going to make it impossible to sort fact from fiction?

Jun 5, 2024 | lactualite.com | Matteo Fagotto

L’aube se lève à peine sur Imphal, la capitale de l’État du Manipur, dans le nord-est de l’Inde, que déjà le « marché des mères » est enveloppé d’un mélange de couleurs et de saveurs épicées.

May 15, 2024 | newscientist.com | Matteo Fagotto

IN 2016, Sikkim in India became the world’s first fully organic state, with the aim of preserving the local environment, protecting its fragile ecosystems and rich biodiversity, and ensuring a healthier life for its people. All 760 square kilometres of farmland in this former independent kingdom, which is nestled between Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet, are certified organic, with a ban on importing or using chemical inputs.