Chinese construction and engineering contractors working as part of the country’s Belt and Road initiative face greater challenges in democratic countries, a new study shows. 

New research published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin is the first UK-based research to investigate the links between geography, community and patterns of litter accumulation in the environment. The study was carried out by scientists from the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the University of Plymouth, ZSL, Nantes Université, and the campaign group Surfers Against Sewage, with the help of almost 100 citizen scientists right around the UK.

A type of Artificial Intelligence that mimics the functioning of the human brain could represent a powerful solution in automatically detecting wildfires, plummeting the time needed to mitigate their devastating effects, a new study finds.