The competition organised by Manchester's School of Architecture student-led Climate Action Group invites architects, students, and interdisciplinary teams to draw up new sustainable, resilient and rapid housing solutions for post-war crisis zones.The 'Modular Resilience' call for concepts aims to identify a range of solutions which challenge conventional design paradigms. Modular housing solutions which provide for immediate needs of those in areas of war while also offering a foundation for a hopeful future are encouraged.According to the brief: In the aftermath of war, an urgency for re-building and a return to life becomes paramount. For this, the first steps are almost always the deployment of quick, effective, and resilient shelter in order to rebuild and return to a pre-apocalyptic society.AdvertisementThis competition calls upon architects, students, and interdisciplinary teams to conceptualize a self-sustainable modular housing unit specifically tailored for post-war crisis zones. The design should address the challenges of rebuilding communities in environments that have been defaced by the ravages of conflict.With a focus on rapid development, adaptability, and sustainability, the housing unit designed for this brief should serve as a sign of reformation and stability in regions striving to recover and rebuild.Participants may select any post-conflict scenario including hypothetical and historic environments. Concepts should provide a solution that can be quickly and efficiently assembled in post-war environments while also incorporating renewable energy sources, low-impact construction methods, and environmentally friendly materials.Submissions should include a fully functional waste disposal and recycling system and be resilient to the harsh conditions often found in post-war zones. Participants may explore any architectural style or design approach but must reflect a vision of hope and renewal for communities emerging from conflict.Teams may feature up to four members and submissions should include a maximum of four A2-sized panels featuring design concepts, drawings, visualisations, and models. Evaluation will focus on innovation and creativity, sustainability, functionality and usability and aesthetic & social impact.AdvertisementJudges will include Kevin Singh, head of Manchester School of Architecture; Alexander Esfahani, head of sustainability and senior architect at Chapman Taylor; Angela Connelly, senior lecturer at the Manchester School of Architecture; and Sam Hayes, associate at EPR Architects.The overall winners will receive a cash prize and see their projects featured in ZINE MSSA, and the MSA Gallery Exhibition Space.Competition detailsProject title Modular resilienceClient Manchester's School of ArchitectureContract value TbcFirst round deadline 6pm, 18 February 2025Restrictions TbcMore information https://www.theunionmmu.org/groups/manchester-student-society-of-architecture-mssa/events/mssa-climate-action-group-design-competition-modular-resilience

The contest organised by local urban research platform ONplan lab on behalf of Penta Real Estate seeks compelling proposals for 85,000m2 of mixed-use development including new homes, offices, leisure spaces, and retail areas.The project comes three years after a team including London practice Marko and Placemakers won a high-profile contest to re-masterplan the entire 24ha Florenc area.Florenc is the largest brownfield site in close contact with Pragues historic city centre. It is shaped by transport infrastructure, including a bus terminal, train station and highway flyover, and represents one of the citys most complex urban challenges.AdvertisementAccording to the brief: The objective of the architectural competition is to generate compelling design proposals for the western part of the Florenc redevelopment zone into a vibrant, mixed-use neighbourhood featuring new homes, offices, leisure spaces, and retail areas. Total gross floor area of Phase West is 85,000 m2.The site is divided into four distinct blocks of different sizes and functional use, each with its dedicated competition. All four competitions will run in parallel through three phases and share a common jury.Bjarke Ingels Group won an international contest organised by The City of Prague for a major new 204 million (CZK 6.1 billion) waterfront concert hall close to the Vltavsk metro station in 2022. The City of Prague also announced an international competitive dialogue to rethink a prominent 56ha waterfront site in the same year.Penta Real Estate is one of the largest independent developers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and has worked on previous schemes by Serie Architects and Fuksas. Fourteen years ago, Zaha Hadid Architects won a competition held by the developer for a high-rise Sky Park development in Bratislava.Czech architectural studio ADNS architekti won a contest launched three years ago by Penta Real Estate to design a mixed-use development in Pragues post-industrial Vysoany suburb. In 2023, Studio Egret West and Snhetta working in a 50:50 collaboration alongside local practice Gro Architekti were named overall winners of a Penta Real Estate contest to redevelop Bratislava Southbank.AdvertisementJudges of the latest contest will include the German architect Stefan Behnisch, Italian architect Maria Alessandra Segantini, Dutch urbanist Kees Christiaanse and Czech Architecture Prize winner tpn Valouch.Up to eight teams will be shortlisted for each site and invited to participate in the design phase of the competition. The contest features a 700,000 prize fund and the overall winners will be announced in autumn 2025.Competition detailsProject title Florenc21: Phase West Penta Real EstateClientContract value TbcFirst round deadline 13 December 2024Restrictions TbcMore information https://florenc21.eu/

SpaceX Launches Starship Flight Test 6: Everything That Happened in 14 Minutes Nov 20, 2024 Tech All right, we're now T minus 20 seconds until liftoff of Starship Flight 6. OK OK. Vehicle was pitching downrange. Booster raptor chamber pressure nominal. Booster and ship avionics power and telemetry nominal. I just a little over a minute dynamic. 6 miles away, so all the sounds still hitting us here, hearing good callouts that power telemetry nominal, that's flying straight and true. We do see all 33 Raptor engines lit up on telemetry screens. At this point we've passed through that point of maximum aerodynamic pressure, that max Q. Now coming up in just a little over a minute from now is gonna be hot staging, so we're gonna see the 6 engines on the ship ignite while still attached to the booster. Just before that, we'll see all but 3 center engines on the booster shut down in what we call Miko, it's most engines cut off instead of main engine. Just about 30 seconds away from hot staging. Yeah. And we heard, we heard the tower is go for catch. The return flag is set for true. Ship engine startup. Stage separation. All right, hot staging confirmed. 6 out of 6 lit on the ship. Boos or boost back going. We heard that we are go for catch. Kate, Jesse, take the views. Hopefully I got a booster coming home real soon. Wow, from our view here, Dan, uh, great views of planet Earth behind that super heavy booster. Right now it is performing the boost back burn. Good news there telling us that the, uh, the pressures inside the ship are good. That is the second stage or the upper portion of the vehicle. Follow along with the telemetry on the bottom of your screen. Yeah, booster is currently super heavy, is currently in its boost back burn. This boost back burns and telemetry nominal. This boost back burn lasts just a little bit over 1 minute, so we've got a little, approximately 30 seconds left. We've had shutdown of that goose back burn. Up next will be Hotage jettison. The view from the camera on the left or from the booster on the left hand side of your screen and then tracking cam there on the right hand side of your screen. We'll see those grid fins. Booster offshore divert. And we can also see that the uh hot stage has been jettisoned. Yes, visual confirmation of that there on your screen, which is great. Now the next Starship is following a nominal trajectory. The next step for booster is going into that landing burn again, it'll light up 13 of those engines and then uh pare down to 3 engines right before booster catch. All right, now just real quick, we did hear the call out, uh, boost back, or excuse me, booster offshore divert. Unfortunately that means that we are no go for the catch. Um, as we said before, both the tower and the vehicle, as well as the operators on console, have been actively evaluating the commit criteria for that return to the launch tower, um, and unfortunately we did not have a pass on those commit criteria, so we are no go for tower catch. And we did mention that we're constantly evaluating the criteria for catch. There's a lot of things that need to go well in order to line that up. Unfortunately today we will forego booster catch today, but what you're seeing on your screen is ship, uh, currently making its way towards the Indian Ocean, still looking good so far. Exactly. So views there of the booster on the left hand side of your screen, views of the ship on the right hand side of your screen. Now we said before that it was not guaranteed that we would be able to make a uh a tower catch today. So while we were hoping for it, like we said, it was pretty epic on attempt one, but the safety of the teams and the public and uh and, and the pad itself are paramount. So we are accepting no compromise. in any of those areas exactly and we're still going to get a lot of good flight data with booster even, but especially with ship again, we have an additional objective today to do an in-space relight of a Raptor engine which again will help us set us up for being able to do deorbit burns, which is phenomenal, which is Which is important for orbital flights and what you're seeing on your screen is a view from super heavy as it's making its way back down to Earth. Yeah, once again we are attempting an offshore landing of the super heavy booster. Uh, so we have seen this before, uh, and it is still very fun to watch watching it come down, uh, for a soft splashdown, uh, off the Gulf Coast of Texas. We can see it there reentering. Uh, we saw earlier those grid fins. There are 4 hypersonic grid fins, or we can see that. Has begun on the super booster. Same pattern, 13 engines will light gone down to 3 just as we expected. And what an incredible view of splashdown that we got today. Oh super heavy. Yeah, I'm sure the buoy cam views will be pretty awesome once again. So we'd like to confirm a water landing once again for the super heavy booster. Congrats to the SpaceX team, uh, for making that milestone as well. Now ship continues to look. We can see that it is. While all of that was happening. Crowd here in Hawthorne, uh, continuing to react to all these amazing views that we're getting. The next milestone is, uh, terminal guidance. Great news there. Uh, uh, Starship terminal guidance referring to what we see here on our screen, the upper stage, uh, at, uh, about 8 minutes 35 seconds or so, we have ship engine cutoff, which will be the cutoff of the, uh, the, the raptor engines. It's. We can see on our screen ship giving us some incredible views brought to us by Starlink. Uh, this view is also very interesting because we can see basically the receding tile line that we referred to earlier where we mentioned we have removed a number of heat shield tiles in order to test out and push the envelope on the ship and demonstrate what its capabilities are. Ship engine cut off. And there we just heard call out for Sico ship engine cutoff. Great news there, everything continuing to look awesome for ship full view looking at on ship here. Trip FTS is saved. Nominal orbit insertion. There's that call out we were waiting for confirmation of good orbital insertion for ship today. It has been a very exciting afternoon so far. Uh, we'd like to send it back over to Dan who can give us that, uh, live view experience. Dan, uh, once again, are you OK after witnessing another Starship launch? Yeah, uh, totally fine. Uh, it's, you guys have to be jealous. This is the only way to do this. This is fantastic. Uh, no, it was really cool to see a lift off 33 out of 33. Uh, didn't go for the booster catch today. Initially we were good and then we tripped the, uh, commit criteria and did the offshore divert, so we went and did that water landing as everybody saw. Uh, we'll dig into it a little bit more, uh, but again, this is, we've done it once, we've now done it twice. We're going to keep trying to do it as this is just a core capability of starship and what's going to make it so incredible. Uh, there's a lot left. We're just about almost 10 minutes into this flight, so about 50+ minutes still to go. Ship nominal orbit, so it's on its way around the planet. It's gonna attempt to do an Space burn. We're going to light one of those raptor engines, the sea level ones in the middle, uh, just to help demonstrate that we can relight in that microgravity environment, really critical for deorbit burns as we start to do some orbital missions in the not too distant future. Um, and then following that, we'll see a ship entry, maybe a splashdown, as you guys said, we're, we're really going to be pushing ship on this one. we're pretty much intentionally putting it in places where we expect it might not do so great. And all that's to try and help us learn, see if we're a little too conservative, and then maybe that opens up more capability for when we start catching them. But, uh, I'll check back in with everybody in a little bit. Uh, I'm gonna tune in and watch the ship fly around planet Earth, uh, and hopefully we see it reentering in the not too distant future. And start to call out for startup. There's some light. There's that raptor relit. And shut down. All right, there you have it, the first time ever lighting a raptor while in outer space other than our asset burn. Um, so really cool to see that relay. That's, that's a pretty critical capability that we're gonna need, uh, when we're doing orbital missions in the not too distant future. The ship, as you can see, is beginning to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. As a reminder, one of the main goals of today's flight test is for the ship to make it through the extreme heat of reentry and to do so in a controlled manner. Now, reentry is typically a portion of flight where we don't have communication capability with the spacecraft because it's reentering at or around orbital velocity, which is roughly 8 kilometers per second or about 5 miles per second. Now, at those speeds, Yep, pretty fast. Uh, the spacecraft is moving through the atmosphere, uh, rather quickly, and that results in friction, as we can see that starting to happen on our screen, and this creates a plasma field around the vehicle. We're getting a lot clearer view of the Earth in the background with, uh, the different temperatures that we're seeing with the different colors, um, of that plasma around the ship, which is really, really cool to see again. Um, we are pushing the limits of ship today, um, but so far everything is looking pretty nominal. Um, we'll see how the next few minutes goes. Yeah, like we've said before, don't be surprised if this is not. Entirely smooth sailing all the way down to the ocean surface. Similar to Flight 5, we are targeting the same splashdown location in the Indian Ocean, but we are not expecting to recover the vehicle. And there's that nose down orientation. Now, the uh raptor engines will relight and help flip the booster back up. This is a more severe flip given the orientation. The engines will shut down prior to the water making impact and prior to the vehicle making impact with the water. Our ship is doing great so far. Are relighting? What a great reorientation by Starship. All 3 down to 2. And Star Wow we have down in the Indian Ocean. Some awesome gooey cam action here. Daylight news. Incredible. We really pushed the limits on shipping and made it all the way back down to earth. Up Next Everything Announced at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2024 Up Next Everything Announced at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2024 11:18 Joby's Air Taxi Is Ready for Takeoff: Inside the Manufacturing Process Joby's Air Taxi Is Ready for Takeoff: Inside the Manufacturing Process 08:14 New Eye-Scanning Orb Revealed by Sam Altman's World New Eye-Scanning Orb Revealed by Sam Altman's World 10:13 See New Optimus Video at Tesla 'We, Robot' Event See New Optimus Video at Tesla 'We, Robot' Event 02:04 Everything Announced at Tesla's 'We, Robot' Event Everything Announced at Tesla's 'We, Robot' Event 07:31 See Tesla's Musk Introduce New CyberCab, Robotaxi See Tesla's Musk Introduce New CyberCab, Robotaxi 05:43 Watch Everything Revealed at Meta Connect 2024 Watch Everything Revealed at Meta Connect 2024 11:48 Apple Watch Series 10 vs. Series 9: Spec Breakdown Apple Watch Series 10 vs. Series 9: Spec Breakdown 05:34 The Plan to Clean Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 Years The Plan to Clean Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 Years 07:59 Tech Shows One More Thing One More Thing All Things Mobile All Things Mobile What the Future What the Future Beta Test Beta Test Expert vs. AI Expert vs. AI Cover Story Cover Story One More Thing One More Thing All Things Mobile All Things Mobile What the Future What the Future Beta Test Beta Test Expert vs. AI Expert vs. AI Cover Story Cover Story Latest News SpaceX Launches Starship Flight Test 6: Everything That Happened in 14 Minutes SpaceX Launches Starship Flight Test 6: Everything That Happened in 14 Minutes 14:02 1 minute ago Everything Revealed at Microsoft Ignite 2024 Everything Revealed at Microsoft Ignite 2024 15:02 8 hours ago Best Earbuds of 2024 Best Earbuds of 2024 05:07 11 hours ago 2024's Top Smartwatches and Wearables of the Year 2024's Top Smartwatches and Wearables of the Year 06:54 1 day ago I Made an AI Copy of Myself With Meta's AI Studio I Made an AI Copy of Myself With Meta's AI Studio 08:27 3 days ago How to Shop Black Friday Deals Like a Pro How to Shop Black Friday Deals Like a Pro 02:36 4 days ago This Robotaxi Looks and Drives Like No Car You've Ever Seen Before This Robotaxi Looks and Drives Like No Car You've Ever Seen Before 11:09 4 days ago Does Apple Think We're Stupid? Apple Intelligence Ads Say Yes Does Apple Think We're Stupid? Apple Intelligence Ads Say Yes 06:15 4 days ago Apple's M4 Mac Mini Is a Little Desktop With Big Versatility Apple's M4 Mac Mini Is a Little Desktop With Big Versatility 05:47 5 days ago Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Playable on Phones From Day One Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Playable on Phones From Day One 00:58 6 days ago SpaceX Launches Starship Flight Test 6: Everything That Happened in 14 Minutes SpaceX Launches Starship Flight Test 6: Everything That Happened in 14 Minutes 14:02 1 minute ago Everything Revealed at Microsoft Ignite 2024 Everything Revealed at Microsoft Ignite 2024 15:02 8 hours ago Best Earbuds of 2024 Best Earbuds of 2024 05:07 11 hours ago 2024's Top Smartwatches and Wearables of the Year 2024's Top Smartwatches and Wearables of the Year 06:54 1 day ago I Made an AI Copy of Myself With Meta's AI Studio I Made an AI Copy of Myself With Meta's AI Studio 08:27 3 days ago How to Shop Black Friday Deals Like a Pro How to Shop Black Friday Deals Like a Pro 02:36 4 days ago This Robotaxi Looks and Drives Like No Car You've Ever Seen Before This Robotaxi Looks and Drives Like No Car You've Ever Seen Before 11:09 4 days ago Does Apple Think We're Stupid? Apple Intelligence Ads Say Yes Does Apple Think We're Stupid? Apple Intelligence Ads Say Yes 06:15 4 days ago Apple's M4 Mac Mini Is a Little Desktop With Big Versatility Apple's M4 Mac Mini Is a Little Desktop With Big Versatility 05:47 5 days ago Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Playable on Phones From Day One Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Playable on Phones From Day One 00:58 6 days ago

The DJI Osmo Mobile 6 isn't your average smartphone gimbal. Yes, it can hold and stabilize your smartphone, but it can also do much more. And now, thanks to B&H's early Black Friday deals, the gimbal is $50 off, bringing the price down to $89. This makes it a perfect holiday gift for anyone who loves shooting photos and videos on their smartphone. See at B&HTo improve its previous version, DJI made the Osmo Mobile 6 gimbal with a more compact frame that is easier to hold, balance and store. Despite this more economical design, the gimbal now has an additional 8.5 inches of length with its extension rod. To mount the gimbal on the included grip tripod and additional accessories, the bottom of the product's handle has a mounting thread. Any smartphone up to 3.3 inches wide can be placed in the Osmo Mobile 6's phone cradle. Plus, the improved magnetic phone clamp automatically detects your phone and aligns it with the clamp. This is great for photographers and videographers who are on the go and don't have time to deal with pesky manual clamps. With this magnetic version, connecting your phone is quick and easy. Once you connect your phone, you can use the following features: Dynamic Zoom (for stretching and compressing effects), ActiveTrack 6.0 (automatically tracks subjects), Sport (for faster movements), Time-Lapse and Hyperlapse (to play with time and space) and Panorama Modes. With the DJI Mimo app, you can control both your gimbal and phone and connect your Apple Watch to use as a remote control. However, if you prefer to use the gimbal itself, there are onboard controls like an integrated joystick, a side wheel and other buttons, along with a system status indicator that shows the battery level and gimbal mode. Hand gestures can also be used to control the gimbal. The Osmo Mobile 6 has a built-in battery that can run for about 6.4 hours after 1.5 hours of charging with the included USB-C cable. When not in use, the Osmo Mobile 6 comes with a handy pouch for effortless storage and transportation. Why this deal matters We've been fans of the DJI Osmo Mobile 6 for several years, and this is the lowest price we've seen for the gimbal this year. Normally, it is $139, but B&H currently has it for $89 with free expedited 1- or 2-day shipping to the lower 48 US states. While several other retailers have similar prices, they don't have shipping deals that are this free and this fast. So, if you've been wanting to take better photos and videos on your smartphone or know of a giftee who does, this discounted gimbal stabilizer is the ticket. For more, check out some of the best early Black Friday deals. Check Out These Impulse Buy Gifts, All Under $25 See all photos

November 19, 20242 min readBomb Cyclone and Atmospheric River Will Pummel U.S. West CoastA major windstorm and an atmospheric river are set to unleash a firehose of precipitation from California to British ColumbiaBy Andrea ThompsonA "bomb cyclone" and atmospheric river are set to bring damaging winds, heavy snow and torrential rain to the West Coast. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-WestA bomb cyclone is bringing damaging winds to parts of the U.S. Northwest and northern California today, and the storm is helping to set up powerful atmospheric river that one weather experts says will open a firehose of rain and snow onto parts of the West Coast. Northern California will be particularly hard-hit by extreme rainfall rates.The term bomb cyclone refers to an area of low atmospheric pressure that suddenly deepens, or drops even further in pressure. This process, called bombogenesis, happens when a storm systems pressure falls by a certain amount within 24 hours, based on the systems current latitude. At a latitude of around 45 degrees North, bombogenesis occurs when pressure drops by at least 18 to 20 millibars. This storm will easily clear that hurdle, dropping between 60 and 70 millibars in 24 to 36 hours, wrote climate scientist Daniel Swain in a recent post on his blog. This will likely be among the fastest if not the singularly fastest-deepening low pressure system on record in this region, he added.The storm will bring winds up to 70 miles per hours to parts of Washington State, Oregon and California, where it could knock out electricity and damage trees, according to the National Weather Service. Blizzard conditions are forecast for Washingtons portion of the Cascade Range.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.A front (essentially the boundary between two air masses with different temperatures and humidities) associated with the bomb cyclone is expected to stall near northern California on Wednesday, and that will set up a stream of water vapor called an atmospheric river. Such streams can be up to 2,000 miles long, 500 miles wide and two miles high, with a flow of moisture 25 times that of the Mississippi River. This atmospheric river will be pulling tropical moisture from around Hawaii and sending it over to the West Coast in in several waves of heavy to extreme precipitation, particularly in mountainous areas. It is a bit uncertain which areas will get the biggest impacts because the river can wiggle up and down along the coast, as Swain put it on his blog.He also noted that this atmospheric river will likely pull in even more water vapor because of unusually high ocean temperatures along its path.Though atmospheric rivers are crucial to supplying the winter precipitation that later provides water to the largely arid West during the dry season, the torrential nature of such rains can also be dangerous. They can cause mudslides and flash floodinghazards that are particularly of concern near the burn scars of wildfires because the scorched soil cannot soak up the onslaught of water, raising the risk of landslides.

November 19, 20243 min readTrees Alone Cant Stop Climate ChangeForests absorb planet-warming pollution, but world leaders shouldnt include them in plans to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, a new study recommendsBy Chelsea Harvey & E&E NewsBeech Tree Forest in early spring. AVTG/Getty ImagesCLIMATEWIRE | Countries around the world have turned to natural carbon sinks such as forests and wetlands to help them achieve their climate targets. The thinking is that these landscapes naturally soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and so can cancel out ongoing emissions from fossil fuels.But that kind of approach is a mistake, say some of the worlds leading scientists in a new study. And it could jeopardize the Paris Agreements vulnerable climate goals.Because carbon dioxide lingers in the atmosphere for decades, forests and other natural carbon sinks are still absorbing emissions released by humans years ago. And that carbon doesnt stay in the ground forever, either. It becomes part of the Earths natural carbon cycle, eventually escaping back into the atmosphere when the trees die before eventually being reabsorbed again by some other natural landscape.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.Its all part of a giant natural equilibrium. But the system only stays in balance as long as emissions from human sources wind down to zero. If humans depend on natural carbon sinks to balance out ongoing future emissions, the world will just keep on warming.Thats the stark conclusion of the study published Monday in the scientific journal Nature. We are already counting on forests and oceans to mop up our past emissions, most of which came from burning stuff we dug out of the ground, said lead study author Myles Allen, a climate scientist at the University of Oxford, in a statement. We cant expect them to compensate for future emissions as well.Countries around the world have submitted carbon-cutting pledges to the United Nations in an effort to meet the Paris Agreements two key climate targets: keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius and if possible less than a more ambitious 1.5 C.Scientists warn that global emissions must reach net zero by midcentury for the world to even keep close to the 1.5 C target meaning that any carbon going into the atmosphere must be balanced by the same amount of carbon coming back out.But those offsets need to be permanent, the scientists say and they shouldnt come from sources that are already part of the natural carbon cycle. To actually halt global warming, world leaders must offset any residual fossil fuel emissions by capturing that carbon and sequestering it in geological reservoirs underground where it cant escape.Its a concept the authors refer to as geological net zero and its becoming more urgent, they say.The problem hinges on the rules of the Paris Agreement, which doesnt require countries to separate passive carbon sinks, such as forests, from their net-zero targets. Many nations already have begun using these natural landscapes in their net-zero accounting systems, suggesting that the forests inside their national boundaries are offsetting some of their fossil fuel emissions.The study notes that more than 6.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from passive carbon sinks every year are classified as carbon removals in the national emissions inventories that countries submit to the United Nations. That means world leaders are using them to count against their fossil fuel emissions, helping them reach net zero faster.The system doesnt have to work this way.Take the Kyoto Protocol, a U.N. climate treaty adopted in 1997. The agreement failed to meet its climate targets but had some useful provisions, the study authors note. The agreement discouraged nations from using passive carbon sinks, such as forests, in their emissions accounting systems.The new study suggests the problem with the Paris accounting system needs broader awareness.Achieving and maintaining net zero emissions under accounting rules that allow passive CO2 uptake to count as CO2 removal will only slow down global warming, the authors said.Reprinted from E&E News with permission from POLITICO, LLC. Copyright 2024. E&E News provides essential news for energy and environment professionals.

PlayStation Portal update adds cloud gaming support in beta, no PS5 requiredBut only for PS Plus Premium members.Image credit: Sony News by Matt Wales News Reporter Published on Nov. 20, 2024 It's update time for the PlayStation Portal, and Sony's latest release offers something markedly more exciting than usual: cloud streaming is coming to the handheld device if you're a PlayStation Plus Premium member, albeit initially as a beta.Since its launch last year, the 200 PlayStation Portal - a PS5 peripheral rather than a standalone device - has enabled owners to stream games from their console to the smaller 1080p screen, with Sony pitching it as a way to share a living room TV or play PS5 games in another room of the house. Its uses were somewhat limited then, but Sony's latest update marks the great untethering, enabling PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers to play "select PS5 games" from the PS Plus Game Catalogue via the cloud, even without a PS5.As per Sony's announcement post, over 120 games will be supported during the beta, including Dave the Diver, Ghost of Tsushima, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Monster Hunter Rise, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Games can be streamed at up to 1080p/60fps (requiring a minimum internet connection of 13 Mbps) with major DualSense wireless controller features supported alongside cloud-based saves.PlayStation Portal - the Digital Foundry hardware review.Watch on YouTube"Since Cloud Streaming (Beta) on PS Portal is still an experimental offering," Sony notes, "the features available during the beta period may change over time and may not reflect the final experience." Game Trials, the ability to stream games purchased on the PS Store, system features such as Party voice chat and game invites for select games, the Create button, 3D audio, and in-game commerce are all unavailable at these "beginning stages of publicly testing", for instance. Furthermore, players will initially only have access to PS5 games, with PS4 and PS3 games remaining unsupported for the time being. Once the beta is available, it can be accessed via an updated PS Portal by going to Quick Menu > Settings > Cloud Streaming (Beta), and then turning the toggle to 'on'. And if that all goes as planned, players should then see a new option on their PS Portal home screen enabling them to access games via cloud streaming. Alongside cloud streaming, Sony's latest PlayStation Portal update - which is available from today - introduces various "refinements in the audio experience", as detailed on the PlayStation Blog.Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter called the PlayStation Portal an "interesting gadget" when it launched last year, despite the sense "Remote Play itself isn't as good as it should be." Richard also explicitly called out the lack of cloud streaming support on the device, so it'll be interesting to see Digital Foundry's response to Sony's latest news.

Minecraft movie's second trailer brings deep Steve lore, tree punching, beeBlockbuster.Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures News by Matt Wales News Reporter Published on Nov. 19, 2024 It'd be fair to say the live-action Minecraft movie's first trailer didn't exactly arrive to rapturous applause. But now Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are back for a second try, this time unleashing the deep Steve lore, tree punching, teleporting Ender Pearls, an unfortunate incident involving a chicken, and even an adorable square bee.It all kicks off with some backstory for Jack Black's gloriously bejumpered Steve, detailing how he chiselled his way to a "wonderland where anything you can imagine is possible, as long as what you imagine can be built out of blocks". One brisk dance sequence later, and we're reintroduced to our cast of more recent newcomers to this strange world: Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison (played by Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Eugene Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks). Sadly, there's still no sign of Jennifer Coolidge, which is where my primary interest in this whole endeavour lies, but I can wait.But even without everybody's favourite yacht evacuator, it all looks like a harmless bit of enjoyable fluff, featuring Jack Black as his usual effervescent self, some energetic CGI (although the art style is still a little jarring), and - in this second trailer at least - enough Minecraft easter eggs to sate even the most militant eight-year-old fan. It even finds time for a bit of ye olde mild peril - complete with zombies and arrow-launching skeletons - when night falls at the end.Minecraft Movie official trailer.Watch on YouTube"Four misfits," explains the official blurb if you're looking for more context, "find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.""Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative... the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world." And if we can somehow ignore that second paragraph until it pops right out of existence, it doesn't actually sound that bad.The Minecraft movie arrives in cinemas on 4th April next year, and there's also an animated Minecraft series on the way from Netflix, if the whole live-action thing doesn't appeal.

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereFortnite collabs are something every player looks up to and since there have been plenty of them, fans are always in for a surprise. From the latest Chapter 2 Remix season which brought back the OG island but with new characters and hip-hop icons, to an epic Marvel live event in the previous season, Epic always keeps things exciting for the community.When it comes to whats next, players have their eyes sighted on the Disney collab which is rumored to bring an entirely new mode to Fortnite which will allow fans to experience the brand like never before. As part of that collab, an iconic location from one of the popular Disney films is leaked to arrive in Fortnite and fans cannot wait for it.Fortnite x Disney collab leak shows Radiator Springs from Cars is coming soon as a POIAccording to Fortnite leaks on X and other outlets, Radiator Springs is said to arrive in 2025 when Cars collab will arrive in the game. In the past few months, multiple leaks have surfaced on social media which have shown that Lightning McQueen and other characters from the franchise will be added to Fortnite.Radiator Springs will become a POI in Fortnite soon. Image by Disney.However, it is still unclear to fans if these vehicles will arrive in Rocket Racing or only Battle Royale, similar to the Cadillac Lowriders that are now on the island. If the former is the case, then expect Radiator Springs to be a Rocket Racing map rather than your traditional POI on the Battle Royale island.Regardless, Fortnite fans who were overjoyed by the news had their own two cents on the leak where one user wrote, Probably as a creative map theres no way theyll add it as a POI even though we do have a desert reload map now.Another one chimed in, Maybe as the mini passes during chapter 6, when that update drops itll be a mini poi like the TMNT base. A third user commented, Ive bought Lightning McQueen in Rocket League in advance of his arrival in Fortnite.Since Lightning McQueen is already in Rocket League, currently theres no info if cross-ownership of that vehicle will be carried over to Fortnite when the collab hits Battle Royale. However, well keep you updated right here if any further developments on this iconic Disney collab take place. FortnitePlatform(s):Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/XGenre(s):Action, Massively Multiplayer, Shooter9VideoGamerSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Contents hide The trend of leakers managing to unveil new content ahead of launch has skyrocketed in Call of Duty. Whether its for an upcoming Black Ops 6 season or early intel on the next instalment of Activisions shooter series, those with insider knowledge often share news that ends up generating excitement for Activisions popular FPS series. With Season 1 in full swing and the launch of Ranked Play on the horizon, one notable leaker has called time on revealing details on upcoming updates following constant death threats from gamers. Black Ops 6 leaker stops sharing intelPrior to the launch of Black Ops 6, X user BobNetworkUK shared details on what Treyarch was working on several months before the servers were switched on in addition to announcing Verdansks return to Warzone. On November 19, 2024, the popular CoD insider announced theyre calling quits on leaking unreleased information. I dont intend to return to leaking full-time, the leaker revealed. Ive also closed my DMs. Ive been getting death threats over obvious bait tweets and just the same stupid questions over and over.When confidential information makes it out into the open, Activision is quick to intervene to stop the leaks before the publisher and developer get a chance to showcase their hard work to the passionate fan base. With some fans taking things too far, its no surprise to see insiders stop revealing the intel for all to see.Will Call of Duty leaks stop for good?While Bob wont be leaking Call of Duty intel for a while, there are still plenty of dataminers who sift through the files of the game to see what secrets theyre able to uncover before an update goes live. With Season 1 Reloaded including the arrival of the Citadelle Des Morts Zombies map, information on the next batch of Wonder Weapons is already appearing. According to Zombies leaker alanthethird_90, the next Wonder Weapon is allegedly going to be the Umbral Blade in addition to the return of the iconic Wunderwaffe DG2 which made its debut in Call of Duty: World at War. Of course, its important you take these leaks with a pinch of salt until Treyarch shares more as part of the build-up to the mid-season update. However, with strings relating to the Wonder Weapons appearing within the Black Ops 6 files already, theres a strong chance theres some legitimacy to them. While you wait for the next wave of leaks to appear, check out the best Krig C loadout thats dominating the action. Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share