2022 Arctic summer sea ice tied for 10th-lowest on record

2022 Arctic summer sea ice tied for 10th-lowest on record

According to satellite observations, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on 18 September 2022. The ice cover shrank to an area of 4,67-million square kilometers this year, roughly 1,55-million square kilometers below the 1981-2010 average minimum of...
Supply chain leaders are investing in AI and automation

Supply chain leaders are investing in AI and automation

Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) are navigating significant supply chain challenges brought on by a global Covid-19 pandemic, inflation, climate change and geopolitical events, and how they plan to future-proof their supply chains. An IBM Institute for Business...
This is what a meteoroid striking Mars sounds like

This is what a meteoroid striking Mars sounds like

NASA’s InSight lander has detected seismic waves from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. Not only do these represent the first impacts detected by the spacecraft’s seismometer since InSight touched down on the Red Planet in 2018, it also marks the...
Consumers becoming more savvy on digital payments

Consumers becoming more savvy on digital payments

The adoption of a broad range of digital payment methods is accelerating in South Africa, according to Mastercard’s New Payment Index 2022. In addition to being aware of solutions like cryptocurrency, digital cards, biometric payments, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL),...
Internet surge slows

Internet surge slows

An estimated 2,7-billion people – or one-third of the world’s population – remain unconnected to the Internet in 2022, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) which says new data points to slower growth in the number of Internet...
African genomics surveillance was key in identifying Covid variants

African genomics surveillance was key in identifying Covid variants

The rapid expansion of genomics surveillance in Africa allowed the continent to describe the introduction and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variants in African countries in realtime during the Covid-19 pandemic. A major scientific report from Africa featured in the journal...