Record-breaking heat waves in April 2022 put 90% of people in India at increased risk of going hungry, losing income or premature death, according to our new study.
Environment
May 1, 2023
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Around the world, flood disasters are expected to become more frequent and more severe with climate change. But what will that mean for your local community? A detailed understanding of local risks is crucial to the ability ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2023
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A tax on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight against global warming. That is the conclusion of research on which Leiden environmental scientist Hauke Ward collaborated. ...
Environment
Apr 24, 2023
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The saying "Birds of a feather flock together" is being given new meaning by a study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Flocking birds often travel in groups made up of a single species, in ...
Evolution
Apr 24, 2023
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There are more than 7,000 languages in the world, and their grammar can vary a lot. Linguists are interested in these differences because of what they tell us about our history, our cognitive abilities and what it means to ...
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2023
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Dr. Thomas Gray is a conservation biologist and Tiger Recovery Lead at the WWF Tigers Alive Initiative. His current research focuses on the active recovery of threatened Asian species and sustainable financing for landscape-scale ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2023
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Conclusive evidence of chicken breeding in the Yayoi period of Japan has been discovered from the Karako-Kagi site.
Archaeology
Apr 20, 2023
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Sweltering under a blistering sun, people across South and Southeast Asia have been taking cover beneath any shelter they can find as they pray for cooling rains with record temperatures hitting the region.
Environment
Apr 19, 2023
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Snowfall accumulates to form snow cover, which can then influence other components of the earth system at various scales, such as atmospheric circulation, climatic anomalies, the hydrological cycle, and ecosystems.
Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2023
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A shift towards permanent "crisis resilience" from short-term aid is crucial to mitigate increasingly frequent shocks to the global food system and tackle rising global hunger, say food policy researchers.
Environment
Apr 19, 2023
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