At a time of rising food costs and growing food insecurity, a large percentage of food grown for consumption never reaches our tables.
Environment
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With the possible exception of those people who still seem to think it's OK to throw their McDonald's bag out the car window, most people like to be seen as environmentally conscious—or at least reasonably respectful of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2024
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Deeper male voices in primates, including humans, offer more than sex appeal—they may have evolved as another way for males to drive off competitors in large groups that favored polygyny, or mating systems where a male ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2023
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For at least 200,000 years, we humans have been trying to understand our environments and adapt to them. At times, we have succeeded; often, we have not. When we get it wrong—through anthropogenic exacerbations leading ...
Environment
Nov 8, 2022
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Gas prices now exceed 300 euros per megawatt hour—a record. The transition from fossil (natural gas, coal, oil) to renewable energy is needed and soon. But how do you get a society (and its citizens) to switch to sustainable ...
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2022
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Meat production is a significant source of greenhouse gasses and widespread adoption of a plant-based diet is key to achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. A study publishing June 16th in PLOS Sustainability ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2022
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New research shows that a rapidly-growing environmental science field—which measures nature's effects on human well-being—has a diversity problem that threatens its ability to make universal scientific claims.
Social Sciences
May 6, 2022
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Green consumer habits may not be impacted by gamification practices, but people who purchased environmentally friendly products in the past are likely to continue to do so, according to a team of researchers, who theorized ...
Economics & Business
Mar 10, 2022
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Younger travelers in full-time work who feel the pressure to make the most of their holiday time are more likely to engage in activities that make their trips less sustainable, according to research led by Nottingham Business ...
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2022
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New research has found marine seismic surveys used in oil and gas exploration are not impacting the abundance or behavior of commercially valuable fishes in the tropical shelf environment in north-western Australia.
Ecology
Jul 19, 2021
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