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Environment Feb 20, 2023

Wildfire exacerbates disparity, study shows

Wildfires pose a large and growing threat to communities across California, where fires are becoming more frequent and destructive.

Economics & Business Feb 16, 2023

US housing market overvalued by $200 billion due to unpriced climate risks, says study

A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change examines the potential cost of unrealized flood risk in the American real estate market, finding that flood zone property prices are overvalued by $121–$237 billion.

Social Sciences Feb 13, 2023

Research links negativity bias, investment apprehension

What do your worries about public health have to do with your financial well-being? Maybe a lot more than you realize, according to new research from Colorado State University's College of Business.

Earth Sciences Feb 10, 2023

Can clouds of moon dust combat climate change?

A group of US scientists this week proposed an unorthodox scheme to combat global warming: creating large clouds of moon dust in space to reflect sunlight and cool the Earth.

Economics & Business Feb 9, 2023

Linking leadership to employee ingenuity

A new study published in the International Journal of Work Innovation has revealed interesting insights into creativity among employees of Pakistan's private real estate sector. The research could have important implications ...

Earth Sciences Feb 7, 2023

What makes an earthquake deadly? These are the things that matter

The biggest earthquake to hit the U.S. since the 1960s was an 8.2 temblor near the Alaskan Peninsula on July 28, 2021.

Political science Feb 6, 2023

Are tropical forests threatened by democracy?

Democracy may lead to more deforestation in the tropics. So write environmental scientist Joeri Morpurgo and his colleagues in Biological Conservation. They found that competitive elections are associated with more loss of ...

Ecology Feb 4, 2023

Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm

As devastating storms pounded California, nature lovers feared for endangered monarch butterflies that winter there as part of a seemingly magical migration pattern.

Ecology Feb 4, 2023

Famed LA mountain lion's death shines light on tribal talks

The life of Los Angeles' most famous mountain lion followed a path known only to the biggest of Hollywood stars: Discovered on-camera in 2012, the cougar adopted a stage name and enjoyed a decade of celebrity status before ...

Earth Sciences Feb 2, 2023

The ocean twilight zone could eventually store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere

Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton rain down from above. This is the heart of the ocean's carbon pump, part of the natural ocean ...

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