The British Home Office has received heavy criticism in recent weeks after it emerged people held in immigration detention centers were struggling to access mobile phone reception and could not reach lawyers to challenge ...
Social Sciences
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Species are being lost at about a thousand times the natural rate of extinction. This is faster than at any other period in human history. Ecosystems—the vital systems on which all life depends—are being degraded across ...
Environment
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Rural and urban Americans are divided in their views on the environment, but common ground does exist, says a new report led by Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.
Environment
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The slogan "What you can measure, you can manage" has become a guiding principle for local climate action. There's an accounting standard made for this purpose: the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emission ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2020
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Washington state, land of sprawling rainforests and glacier-fed rivers, might soon become the first in the nation to ban water bottling companies from tapping spring-fed sources.
Environment
Feb 14, 2020
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Knowing where emissions are happening and what's causing them brings us a step closer to being able to forecast the region's impact on global climate.
Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2020
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft safely executed a 0.4-mile (620-m) flyover of the backup sample collection site Osprey as part of the mission's Reconnaissance B phase activities. Preliminary telemetry, however, indicates that ...
Space Exploration
Feb 14, 2020
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The connection between your next flight and climate change is likely clear in your head. More planes emitting greenhouse gases means more global warming. Simple enough, but there's an opposite side that you probably hadn't ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2020
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Over 1.3 million people die in traffic accidents every year. Consequently, traffic accidents are the most common cause of death in certain age groups. The world's experts are now gathering in Stockholm to discuss new UN goals ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2020
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For Valentine's Day, we bring you this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image capturing a beautiful heart-shaped geographical formation in the dramatic landscape of the southern highlands of Bolivia.
Environment
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