To President Trump and some of his friends, a clean environment seems to be an afterthought. This is a 20th-century mindset that I found typical when I first started to work on environmental issues in 1975 but has become ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2020
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There's no denying the grandeur and allure of a nature reserve or marine protected area. The concept is easy to understand: limit human activity there and marine ecosystems will thrive.
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2020
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Would the world stop drinking Coca-Cola if it no longer came in single-use plastic bottles?
Environment
Mar 19, 2020
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New research shows that an increasing number of countries are publishing ecosystem accounts, helping to embed nature in economic and financial decisions.
Environment
Jan 31, 2020
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In a circular economy, city waste being turned into resources is of great importance, considering that more than 70% of the inhabitants in Europe live in urban areas and produce a great amount of biowaste coming from the ...
Materials Science
Jan 13, 2020
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Social and economic changes in Africa are being driven by increasing prosperity and heavy foreign investment. Money has been poured into activities such as road building, forestry expansion, livestock intensification and ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2019
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Our knowledge about what it is that people need to feel happy and satisfied with in their lives keeps growing, yet the extent to which people actually feel happy and satisfied with their lives has largely stagnated. There ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2019
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Ten per cent of the oxygen we breathe comes from just one kind of bacteria in the ocean. Now laboratory tests have shown that these bacteria are susceptible to plastic pollution, according to a study published in Communications ...
Ecology
May 14, 2019
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Cities which have a balance between facilities, housing and natural green spaces have lower levels of socio-economic inequality in the life satisfaction of its residents, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Mar 19, 2019
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More than 40 years ago, psychologist Sandra Scarr put forth a provocative idea: that genetic influence on children's cognitive abilities is linked to their family's income. The wealthier the family, the more influence genes ...
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2018
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