Wednesday, June 21 — 2 significant news stories

Today ChatGPT read 832 top news stories and gave 3 of them a significance score over 7.

After removing previously covered events, here is today’s significant news:

[7.5] EU member states agree on draft law to restore ecosystems by 2030 and 2050 — TheJournal.ie

The 27 member states of the European Union have agreed on a draft law that would require them to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and 20% of the EU’s seas by 2030, as well as similar measures for all damaged ecosystems including forests in need of restoration by 2050. The proposal is aligned with the historic biodiversity agreement signed last year. Despite this agreement, the law has encountered resistance from some member states. Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden have refused to support the law, raising concerns over various factors including impacts on the forestry industry and considerations for densely populated or intensive farming regions.

[7.5] NASA visualizations show carbon dioxide emissions and sources across the planet — IFLScience

NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio has released three videos that show the amount of carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere each year, its sources, and where it comes from on the planet. The visualizations are based on data from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory, 2 (OCO-2), which provides the most complete dataset of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration across the planet. The videos show that fossil fuel burning by industrialized countries plays a significant role in the amount of greenhouse gases released into the air. The natural world can only absorb about half of the carbon dioxide produced annually, and the rest is spread around the planet.

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