BEYOND THE BASICS: A PERSPECTIVE ON BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCALING UP BIOCHAR PRODUCTION FROM FOREST SLASH

Beyond the basics: a perspective on barriers and opportunities for scaling up biochar production from forest slash

Abstract Biochar production from woody biomass generated during forest management (slash) offers significant benefits for soil health and carbon emissions, yet its adoption remains limited in the western United States (U.S.).To address this challenge, the U.S.Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) Forest Service Rocky Mountain Horse Vitamins Research

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Towards AI Welfare Science and Policies

In light of fast progress in the field of AI there is an urgent demand for AI policies.Bostrom et al., provide “a set of policy desiderata”, out of which this article attempts to contribute to the “interests of digital minds”.The focus is on two interests of potentially sentient digital minds: to avoid suffering and to have

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