Programs and policies that help households go beyond stocking up on food and medical supplies to invest in longer-term protections could overcome the risk perception gap and support adaptation to rising climate-related threats.
Environment
Apr 9, 2024
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Most people keep their electricity supplier, even though it's fast and easy to switch to a cheaper competitor. Now an economist has unraveled what's holding people back—and what could ensure cheaper electricity contracts ...
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2024
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The excitement of entering a new academic year for university and college students can be palpable and filled with hope. But the start of the school year in post-secondary settings also has a shadow side, known as the red ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2023
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Researchers in Japan have confirmed microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that aren't yet fully understood.
Environment
Sep 30, 2023
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A new paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that an important part of the pay gap between men and women has to do with how they conduct job searches, with women more ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2023
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A University of the Sunshine Coast researcher has called for social media users to carefully evaluate any nutritional information shared through popular 'What I Eat in a Day' videos.
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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Two new studies—a survey of residents in hurricane-battered Florida and Texas and a survey of people in wildfire-scarred California—reveal that negative personal experiences are among key variables in pushing people to ...
Environment
Mar 1, 2022
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In his new book "Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands," Paul Hudson Associate Professor of Physical Geography at Leiden University College in The Hague, examines human impacts on lowlands rivers. The past twenty ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2021
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Equifax has agreed to pay $700 million, potentially more, to settle with the federal authorities and states over its 2017 data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million ...
Security
Jul 20, 2019
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The Morrison government has finally agreed to a royal commission into the abuse of people living with disability – if the states get on board.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2019
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