Inequality among people has become an increasingly salient issue globally, with data indicating a rise in inequality levels across many countries in recent years. This, in turn, has generated concerns both from the perspective ...
Social Sciences
Feb 26, 2024
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Climate change in current times has created problems for humans such as wildfires and reduced growing seasons for staple crops, spilling over into economic effects. Many researchers predict, and have observed in published ...
Archaeology
Jun 15, 2023
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Fundamental changes in our economies are required to secure decent living standards for all in the struggle against climate breakdown, according to new research.
Environment
Jun 30, 2021
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A new study of small Iowa towns found that vulnerable populations within those communities face significantly more public health risks than statewide averages.
Environment
Jun 23, 2021
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The future of an equitable and sustainable global ocean, or "Blue Economy," depends on more than the resources available for technological advancement and industry expansion. A recent UBC-led study found that socioeconomic ...
Environment
Mar 17, 2021
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The most comprehensive global analysis of community forestry ever undertaken shows that government policies formalizing local residents' land access and resource rights often backfire by resulting in less access and weakened ...
Environment
Nov 9, 2020
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Humanity will have burned through all the natural resources that the planet can replenish for 2020 by Saturday, according to researchers who said the grim milestone is slightly later than last year after the pandemic slowed ...
Environment
Aug 20, 2020
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As droughts become more frequent and intense, the fragmentation of water service in the U.S. among tens of thousands of community systems, most of which are small and rely on local funding, leaves many households vulnerable ...
Environment
Apr 20, 2020
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People from highly educated neighborhoods are more likely to help a stranger, according to a study by researchers at The University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University.
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2019
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For years, scientists have assumed that if mercury is high and increasing in fish in the North American and European Arctic, the same is true of fish elsewhere in the Arctic.
Environment
Dec 20, 2013
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