Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport Monday as choking clouds of dust blanketed the capital, the latest crippling sandstorm in a country that has warned climate change poses an "existential threat".
Environment
Jun 13, 2022
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Air pollution kills approximately 7 million people every year worldwide. According to researchers from McGill University, airports are hotspots for airborne pollutants that are detrimental to human health and the Earth's ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2022
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Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm—the ninth since mid-April—hit the country.
Environment
May 23, 2022
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Female employees consistently pay lower airfares than men do for the same flights because they tend to book earlier, according to a new peer-reviewed article I co-authored.
Economics & Business
Feb 17, 2022
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Europe's busiest airport in Istanbul delayed its reopening on Tuesday and Greece declared a public holiday as the eastern Mediterranean neighbours began digging themselves out of a rare snowstorm that ground their capitals ...
Environment
Jan 25, 2022
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Denver finally got its first snowfall of the season on Friday, shattering an 87-year-old record for the city's latest first snow.
Environment
Dec 10, 2021
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A study by researchers at the University of Surrey and Heathrow Airport has shown that the disruption to airport operators caused by COVID-19 is not expected to substantially upset their long-term plans to reduce the carbon ...
Environment
Nov 11, 2021
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An early-season snowstorm blanketed much of northern China including the capital Beijing, prompting highway closures and flight and train cancellations and delays.
Environment
Nov 8, 2021
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Uses of facial images and facial recognition technologies—to unlock a phone or in airport security—are becoming increasingly common in everyday life. But how do people feel about using such data in healthcare and biomedical ...
Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2021
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A massive cloud of ash prevented flights in and out of the Spanish island of La Palma on Sunday as molten rock continued to be flung high into the air from an erupting volcano.
Environment
Sep 26, 2021
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