Article talks about the rising sea levels if climate change goes unchecked. It touches on everything from eliminating certain species to ruining many coastal cities around the world. Mentions that there is still time to recover from the current path with the right measures.

Bottlenecks are happening at many ports. Demand is exceeding capacity to where shippers are seeking alternate ports to ship to. Some say bottlenecks will easily last through the fall and possibly up until 2023. US west coast ports traditionally see a higher volume of throughput than the east coast ports, but with bottlenecks, traffic is being redirected to the east coast ports and will likely be into the future.

Describes pressure on retailers (primarily the mega retailers) to reduce emissions from shipping efforts. Target/goal is ZERO emissions by 2030.

Just as there is talk of automated self driving cars, the same is for cargo ships. Only the reality is that autonomy will start with smaller ships, whith shorter hauls.

It seemed that once the pandemic ended, we would pick up where we left off when it started. Apparently not so. There have been several changes over the past year plus that have made changes more lasting than what was expected.

Describes how 1.7 billion people are still very limited financially--no bank acounts or ability to obtain credit. This limitation stifles growth in various parts of the world. Technology can change this by sharing informatoin digitally between consumers and institutions.

Article/presentation by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva where she talks about the current state of things--vaccinations, the economy, and a divergence in economic fortunes around the world is even more evident today.

A variety of factors affecting us economically that seemed to be related to the pandemic or the slow recovery from the pandemic to include shippin bottlenects, slower growth, longer recoveries, etc.

More on the impact of climate change and sea ports and the cascading effect on the economy. Nature of ports makes them more susceptible to environment changes as a result of climate change--increased intense events and rising sea levels. Author calls for change now .

Interesting article about the clash (and likely continued clash) amongst unions and port operators/authorities and the increased use of automation resulting in the need for fewer employees at the ports. Mentions concern for the government's stance on the introduction of new technology.

Talks about rising sea levels, specific east coast and the effect it will have on life as we know it today

Another article about nanotechnology and plants--only the plants would be grown to be edible vaccines. Instead a shot in the arm, you could eat a salad.

Kind of a general article on how nanotechnology will be used in the future in medicine. (H3)

Article talks about use of nanotechnology in growing crops with more nutrients (much of what we grow today doesn't have the nutrient value it once did) for healthier eating (H2)

Talks about using nanotechnology for detection of zoonic viruses (transmitted from animals). Nanotech allows the rapid identification and subsequently a rapid cure for the virus.

Article explains peoples concerns about the rapd implementation of facial recognition technology and other biometric screening and the effect it has on minorities.