In the wake of natural disasters, survivors' losses of education and lifetime earnings may be comparable to the cost of property damage, according to a new study in Nature Human Behaviour co-authored by R. Jisung Park, an ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2023
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Coral islands are in danger of slowly sinking in the face of rising sea levels. In a new study, researchers from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) found that sea level may not be the only factor playing ...
Earth Sciences
May 31, 2023
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According to a study recently published in Nature, microorganisms play a key role in soil carbon storage. The study, conducted by an international team of scientists including researchers from the Max Planck Institute for ...
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2023
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Weather and climate are important factors affecting economic and social development. In China, the country's National Climate Center releases an annual climate report that comprehensively covers China's achievements and progress ...
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2023
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Rising temperatures due to climate change are likely influencing human migration patterns, according to a new study by Rita Issa of University College London and colleagues, published May 24 in the open-access journal PLOS ...
Environment
May 24, 2023
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The tendency of cities to trap heat—a phenomenon called the "urban heat island," often referred to as the UHI effect—can lead to dangerous temperatures in the summer months, but new Penn State research published in Buildings ...
Environment
May 23, 2023
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Devastating floods have hit community after community on Australia's eastern seaboard over the last three years. Weather systems were dynamic and difficult to forecast.
Environment
May 18, 2023
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In recent decades, scientists have produced countless studies on the effects of one environmental factor or another—climate change, deforestation or pollution, for example—on wildlife and habitats around the world. But ...
Ecology
May 17, 2023
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People's willingness to believe in climate change varies greatly, as does their willingness to engage in pro-environmental behavior, such as energy conservation. We tried to understand the psychological factors behind these ...
Social Sciences
May 17, 2023
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Anthropogenic factors on the West African coast are contributing more than global climate change to the rapid increase in vulnerability and flood risks in the region. This was demonstrated by an interdisciplinary IRD team, ...
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2023
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