Climate change represents perhaps the biggest challenge facing humanity, therefore education has an important role to play in teaching students about how we might mitigate the problems but also how to cope with what might ...
Environment
Feb 24, 2021
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The independent review of Australia's main environment law, released last week, provided a sobering but accurate appraisal of a dire situation.
Plants & Animals
Feb 3, 2021
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An ever-growing global population, an increasing standard of living and environmental challenges such as anthropogenic climate change, ocean pollution, the declining availability of arable land and dwindling fossil resources—these ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 23, 2020
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As a marker of identity that transcends national borders, religion influences many environmentally relevant behaviors. Thus, understanding its role is key to tackling environmental challenges that are fundamentally transnational.
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2020
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Today there are more than 7 million electric vehicles (EVs) in operation around the world, compared with only about 20,000 a decade ago. It's a massive change—but according to a group of University of Toronto Engineering ...
Environment
Sep 28, 2020
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Effective solutions to the climate challenge threatening the world's coral reefs require complex decisions about risk and uncertainty, timing, quality versus quantity as well as which species to support for the most robust ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2020
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It will be tempting for some to overlook the climate change challenge in the rush to restart the economy after the pandemic.
Environment
May 7, 2020
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Today, the Arabian Peninsula is one of the most arid regions in the world. But its climate has not always been the same, and the past has seen both greater aridity and more humidity at different points in time. As a region ...
Environment
Apr 6, 2020
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The Trump administration's rollback of mileage standards Tuesday marks a win for Americans who like their SUVs and pickup trucks, but the government's own estimates show big costs, too—more Americans dying from air pollution, ...
Environment
Mar 31, 2020
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A new integrated modeling framework could help the Indus Basin region find solutions to water resource challenges and interconnected sustainable development goals. The new framework, described in a perspective article published ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2019
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