A researcher at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is examining how the flight routes people take to get to tourist destinations impact the amount of pollution in the air in a newly published study he coauthored ...
Environment
Oct 2, 2019
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Those who boarded slave ships from the Bight of Benin, or the Slave Coast of Africa, lost more than their homes—they lost their identities. New maps of a former kingdom made by a University of Colorado Boulder professor, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2019
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The impacts of climate change are already being felt across the Pacific, considered to be one of the world's most-at-risk regions. Small island developing states are mandated extra support under the Paris Agreement. Many ...
Environment
Apr 17, 2019
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New technology developed by a Washington State University scientist could help police officers predict where burglaries are likely to occur.
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2019
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Climate change is already affecting many aspects of our everyday lives, including what we eat, where we live and the buildings we inhabit. And dangerous industries that make our way of life possible, such as agriculture, ...
Environment
Jan 18, 2019
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Many post-industrial cities have areas of vacant and derelict land (VDL) which can have negative health and environmental impacts on nearby residents. VDL is located predominantly in poorer neighborhoods, posing a disproportionate ...
Environment
Oct 30, 2018
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By identifying the genes involved in resisting Africa's most widespread cattle disease, researchers at EPFL have developed a map of Uganda showing cattle farmers where the riskiest areas are.
Plants & Animals
Oct 9, 2018
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According to an EPFL study, butterflies living in urban areas face the threat of consanguinity and potential extinction. The research drew on the fields of genetics and urban development to quantify the trend across an entire ...
Ecology
Aug 21, 2017
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Plenty of apps are born over a cup of joe or a glass of wine or beer. Here's an idea brewed over a beer by a couple of geologists who were fiddling with Untappd, an app covering the who, what and where of microbrews.
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2016
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Researchers from the Agro-Energy Group at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have used geographic information systems to assess the potential use of the residual biomass of bananas produced in the province of El Oro ...
Biotechnology
May 19, 2016
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