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Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Arizona and the Sonoran Desert's iconic Saguaro cacti are dying at intense rate due to extreme heat
The Brief The iconic Saguaro cactus is struggling as heat and drought intensify in Arizona. With record-setting summers in 2020, 2023 and 2024, scientists at the Desert Botanical Garden are noticing unusual patterns and symptoms as 20% of the sanctuary's cacti have dropped dead. They are scrambling to find ways to replace the dying cactus breed. PHOENIX - The heat and drought are taking a toll on Arizona's iconic Saguaro cactus. The symbol of the southwest may be in big trouble and scientists are scrambling to find answers. Why you should care Giant Saguaros, an icon of the southwest. This majestic cactus is found only in the Sonoran Desert. But over the last five years, people are noticing more and more of them are leaning, rotting and dying. So what's happening, and why are Arizona Saguaros so stressed? What they're saying "The top just broke off. Right after that happened, the whole skin just sort of slid right off," says Scott Buck. Buck bought his Gilbert home because of the beauty of the three giant Saguaros in the front yard. Within the last three years, two have died. "It was just a black, tarry, smelly mess and one is starting to decay. There was just the black goo that came shedding off its skin," he said. Kimberlie McCue, Chief Science Officer at the Desert Botanical Garden, is seeing a similar trend. "This is what's left of that, which was a very large Saguaro. It didn't just collapse, which is the normal thing that we used to see, it snapped," she said of a dead cactus in the sanctuary. What we know The morbid trend has hit the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden hard, where their family of about 1,000 Saguaros have recently been reduced to around 800. "In 2020, Saguaros started dying. It's definitely hotter than it used to be, consistently hotter in the summers than it use to be," she said. We had a hot, dry summer in 2020, 2023 was hotter and 2024 was worse. The hot temperatures put the cactus under stress, making their skin gummy and their insides more susceptible to disease. "A lot of Saguaros would drop an arm, also something we had never seen before," McCue said. Local perspective Corpses of giant cacti can be found across the state. Concerned by the current heat pattern we're in, scientists are thinking ahead, committed to replacing what the heat has killed off. "So what we have here on these racks under grow lights are many, many, many pots full of baby Saguaros that are being grown," she said. It will take years, but hundreds of these baby Saguaros will one day become giants. Big picture view Not all the cacti are dying. "But it's certainly a truth that even these beautifully-adapted desert plants have their limits."
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rezolve AI (RZLV) Gains Analyst Confidence as GenAI Tools Disrupt E-Commerce Experience
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Rezolve AI Limited (NASDAQ:RZLV) stands against other top AI news and stock ratings today. AI continues to advance at an unprecedented rate and can now even determine how a person is feeling. A Spanish startup, Neurologyca, claimed that its Kopernica AI system can now supposedly read human emotions. It can detect a range of neurological conditions and discern how a person feels, even for a crowd of people. Meanwhile, the Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR) and NeuCyber NeuroTech said on March 31st that it plans to implant its brain chip into 13 people by year-end, which could mean they would surpass Elon Musk's neuralink in terms of patient data collection. As security concerns over the misuse of AI continue to loom, companies are increasingly focusing on the responsible use of the technology by implementing stricter guardrails amid rapid technology development. On March 31st, Anthropic announced implementing updates to its 'responsible scaling' policy for AI, defining model safety levels to determine the need for additional security. For instance, if the company is stress-testing an AI model and believes it could help a 'moderately-resourced state program' develop chemical and biological weapons, it will enforce new security protections before launching that technology. Elsewhere, Anthropic closed a funding round in March, which valued the company at $61.5 billion. However, it is a fraction of the $300 billion valuation OpenAI secured in a recently closed $40 billion round led by SoftBank. SoftBank is reportedly seeking loans of up to $16.5 billion to fund AI investments in the US, which would mark the biggest borrowing denominated in dollars. Sources told Bloomberg that the bridge loan would have a 12-month tenor and that talks with banks are in early stages. People familiar with the matter added that the terms could change as the negotiations evolve over time. We selected AI stocks by reviewing news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. We listed the stocks in ascending order of the number of hedge funds that hold stakes in them, as of Q4 2024. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (). A modern computer with a digital shopping mall membership fee showing on the screen. Rezolve AI Limited (NASDAQ:RZLV) is known for offering AI-driven solutions that focus on improving the digital shopping experience. The company's products help customers with search and discovery as well as personalized experiences. On April 1st, H.C. Wainwright analyst Scott Buck initiated coverage of Rezolve AI Limited (NASDAQ:RZLV) with a 'Buy' rating and 12-month stock price target of $4 apiece. The analyst noted that the company builds and distributes GenAI-powered sales products for e-commerce, which drives better conversion rates through enhancements in product search, product recommendations, and customer support. The brokerage said Rezolve AI Limited (NASDAQ:RZLV) is offering a 'disruptive e-commerce technology,' which could deliver meaningful revenue in the first year of deployment. The analyst signaled that investors could accumulate company shares ahead of more positive news flow. Overall, RZLV ranks 8th on our list of top AI news and stock ratings today. While we acknowledge the potential of RZLV as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than RZLV but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the . READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Sign in to access your portfolio
