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Davos, Switzerland, is the highest town in Europe and is home to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting. The 54th Annual Meeting took place between 15-19 January 2024. The gathering was held under the theme 'Rebuilding Trust' and featured over 200 sessions with leading public figures. Close to 3,000 participants from 120 countries gathered ...
Image: REUTERS/Marko Djurica. Buildings around the world are being transformed into makeshift hospitals and morgues, creating extra capacity during the pandemic. The Serbian military has installed beds in Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair complex to accommodate people with mild symptoms of COVID-19. Dancing across the road.
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.
Fifty years ago, U.S. scientists launched a satellite that dramatically changed how we see the world. It captured images of Earth’s surface in minute detail, showing how wildfires burned landscapes, how farms erased forests, and many other ways humans were changing the face of the planet. The first satellite in the Landsat series launched on ...
Islam (green) is the top religion in a string of countries from northern Africa through the Middle East to Indonesia. India stands out as a huge Hindu bloc (dark orange). Buddhism (light orange) is the majority religion in South East Asia and Japan. China is the country with the world's largest 'atheist/agnostic' population (grey) as well as ...
5. Dust storms. Dust clouds enveloped Beijing during March 2021. Image: NASA. And the cloud from ground level. Image: REUTERS/Thomas Peter. Satellite images can offer a fresh perspective of events on Earth, compared to 'on-the-ground' pictures. You can read more on the dust cloud's impact on air quality in Beijing here. 6.
9. Volcanic eruptions in Iceland. Almost 80 volcanic eruptions were recorded around the world in 2021 by the Smithsonian Institute’s Global Volcanism Program: from the Philippines and Papua New Guinea to North and South America, the Caribbean, Russia and Europe. In March, Iceland saw a major eruption on Mount Fagradalsfjall, southwest of the ...
2020 was the hottest year on record, having risen to 1.2°C above the level at the end of the 19th century. A new series of time-lapse images shows the dramatic impact of this warming. From flooding to increasingly severe weather events, cities, businesses and citizens are being forced to adapt.
The world is still figuring out the right technology base for long-duration ESSs, but there are multiple options: flow batteries, non-lithium-ion non-flow batteries, gravity-based ESSs, heat-based ESSs and hydrogen–and a winner, or winners are sure to emerge. In short, the future for how we build cities is charged with potential.
7. Perlmutter is another top 10 entry based on HPE technology. 8. Selene is a supercomputer currently running at AI multinational NVIDIA in the US. 9. Tianhe-2A is a system developed by China’s National University of Defence Technology and installed at the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou. 10.