Collapse of key ocean current would cause carbon feedback

The seas around Antarctica might begin releasing CO2 Nigel Killeen/Getty Images Global warming caused by humanity’s carbon emissions has been slowing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a system of currents including the Gulf Stream that warms Europe. If the AMOC collapsed entirely, it could release massive amounts of carbon from the deep Southern Ocean…

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Hollywood heavyweights voice opposition to Paramount-Warner merger in open letter

Hollywood heavyweights voice opposition to Paramount-Warner merger in open letter

NEW YORK — More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in an open letter published Monday. A large swath of the movie industry, including Denis Villeneuve, Kristen Stewart, J.J. Abrams and Joaquin Phoenix came out forcefully against…

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To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain

What’s the point of building formative assessments into a course if they’re just handed off to an LLM? Suddenly, it’s a waste of time for both the student and the instructor. Small quizzes are excellent study tools to help students check their own understanding―if a student does them. Now, you can direct an “agentic” LLM…

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Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning talk "Margo's Got Money Troubles" and working together again

Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning talk “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and working together again

Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning talk “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and working together again – CBS News Watch CBS News Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning talk with “CBS Mornings” about starring in the new series “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.” The two discuss what drew them to the project and their characters, and what it’s like…

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