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Bridging data gaps to support the Global Plastics Treaty

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By J. C. Brüggenjürgen, Gerard Crowley, Zhulatai Bao, Quanyin Tan, Khaoula Houssini, fan wei, Roland Geyer, Douglas J. McCauley, Jinhui Li
| Science Magazine Verified
Abstract Supplementary Materials References and Notes Information & Authors Metrics & Citations Check Access References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract In 2022, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) began developing an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on ending plastic pollution. After five sessions, originally planned to culminate in INC-5.2 in August 2025, member states compromised extensively on contentious issues (1) but failed to achieve consensus.
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New AI system uses cameras and thermal sensors to steer ships clear of gray whales in the San Francisco Bay

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By Douglas J. McCauley, Sonia Fernandez
| University of California
Powered by artificial intelligence, this system uses thermal imaging to detect the heat signatures of whales in the vicinity, as well as their “blows” (exhaled breath) in the busy waterway, and then alerts nearby mariners to re-route or reduce their speeds to avoid hitting them. “We’re relieved to have these cameras going live during this critical moment in the gray whale season,” said BOSL scientist Rachel Rhodes, who is leading the project. This much-needed technology couldn’t come too soon.
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What We Really Need in the Fight Against Extinction

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By Douglas J. McCauley
| TIME Verified
News of the recovery of an extinct species in the form of howling, ivory-coated “dire wolf” pups last week was, on the face of it, understandably exciting. The only problem: from the vantage point of many scientists, the creatures are not dire wolves. The lab modified 14 of the over 19,000 genes in a living gray wolf to create their pups. The resultant animals are thus only the tiniest sliver, by our estimation about 0.0018%, dire wolf.
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