Tech&Science · Important news for 21 August 2026
Asian water tower losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater annually
Four States Sue Meta Demanding Billions Over Child Safety Practices
Climate Professor Warns Heatwaves Accelerate Permafrost Tipping Point Risks
Professor Gustaf Hugelius warns that recent heatwaves and wildfires could accelerate carbon and methane releases by pushing permafrost regions toward irreversible thresholds.
- Permafrost regions contain three times more carbon than all living vegetation on Earth.
- Wildfires and heatwaves threaten to accelerate greenhouse gas releases from thawing tundra.
FCC officially scraps long-term gigabit broadband speed goals
FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, citing technological neutrality
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