In the presentation, the host committee highlighted the Bay Area’s established history of hosting major sporting events, and featured what the committee called “the crown jewel” of the bid, Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. The home of the San Francisco 49ers received the second-highest evaluation score from FIFA during the initial review process in 2018 that culminated in the awarding of the 2026 tournament to the united U.S./Mexico/Canada bid. … [Read more...] about Bay Area Host Committee Submits Bid For Hosting 2026 World Cup Games
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All-female round the world voyage hunts for pollution hotspots
The latest and most ambitious voyage, eXXpedition Round the World, is a multi-year venture and will eventually travel to four of the planet's five giant ocean gyres in the North and South Atlantic, the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The crew comprises 300 women from over 30 nations, working in groups of 10 across 31 legs. … [Read more...] about All-female round the world voyage hunts for pollution hotspots
World will have 710M tons of plastic pollution by 2040 despite efforts to cut waste, study says
One of the biggest challenges to changing our plastic habits is helping people to connect the dots between the plastics they consume and the pollution on our beaches and seas. Plastic takes years -- sometimes hundreds of years -- to decompose. … [Read more...] about World will have 710M tons of plastic pollution by 2040 despite efforts to cut waste, study says
The world lost a football pitch-sized area of tropical forest every six seconds in 2019
Tributes for volunteer firemen Andrew O'Dwyer and Geoffrey Keaton are seen at Horsley Park Rural Fire Brigade in Sydney, Australia, on December 22. It's believed they were killed when their vehicle hit a tree before rolling off the road, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said in a statement. … [Read more...] about The world lost a football pitch-sized area of tropical forest every six seconds in 2019
Trump says the US has ‘the best mortality rate’ in the world. That’s not true
This is simply a country's number of confirmed deaths divided by its number of confirmed cases. It's a more problematic measure because it depends heavily on how much testing a country is or is not doing. A country that has consistently tested its general population will have a very low case-fatality rate, while a country that tests only sick people in hospitals will have a very high one. … [Read more...] about Trump says the US has ‘the best mortality rate’ in the world. That’s not true
