Jointly organised by the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Scout Association of Hong Kong, the "Extreme Weather and Sustainable Development" education event was successfully held on 13 April at HKU. The event attracted around 300 participants, including secondary school students, educators, and members of the public, all united by a shared commitment to raising youth awareness and engagement in climate action, and rethinking the pathway toward a sustainable future.

Students in the inaugural Invention Convention Florida at the University of South Florida competed for top honors in various grade-level categories, with more than 80 standout projects earning the opportunity to advance to the Invention Convention U.S. Nationals later this year.

Environmental Engineering Science, a premier peer-reviewed journal dedicated to critical advancements in environmental engineering and science, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Venkataramana Gadhamshetty, PhD, PE, BCEE, MASCE, as its new Editor-in-Chief. Environmental Engineering Science is the official journal of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP).

In the U.S., credit card fraud costs $5 billion annually, identity theft adds $16.4 billion, and Medicare fraud drains $60 billion each year. A new machine learning breakthrough generates accurate fraud labels from large, imbalanced datasets without costly, time-consuming labeled data. It outperforms traditional methods by reducing false positives and minimizing cases needing further inspection, crucial for sectors like Medicare and credit card fraud, where fast data processing is vital to preventing losses and improving efficiency.

The researcher Markel Perez has analysed the most frequent situations faced by football goalkeepers. The aim is to compile data to facilitate the design of more effective training. The work stresses the importance of practising the deflections and first touch shots that are produced. The study, carried out together with the Eibar football club, is innovative in the academic field.