The size, strength and makeup of people's social networks are key indicators of how they will respond to the health consequences of an environmental disaster, according to a new Cornell study that focused on the Flint, Michigan, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2023
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A little over a year ago, thousands of people descended on Ottawa protesting COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures as part of a "freedom convoy."
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2023
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Through a year of war in Ukraine, the U.S. and most European nations have worked to help counter Russia, in supporting Ukraine both with armaments and in world energy markets. Russia was Europe's main energy supplier when ...
Economics & Business
Feb 20, 2023
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Three years of extreme drought may have brought about the collapse of the mighty Hittite Empire around 1200 BC, researchers have said, linking the plight of the fallen civilization to the modern world's climate crisis.
Archaeology
Feb 12, 2023
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A group of local leaders and public health researchers are sharing their process for responding to racism as a public health crisis, with the goal of supporting other municipalities and organizations in addressing the links ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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Since the Russian attack on Ukraine almost a year ago, there is no shortage of pessimistic forecasts for the climate and for the economy: Geopolitical tensions might eclipse the fight against global heating, and oil and gas ...
Economics & Business
Feb 7, 2023
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The ozone layer is on track to heal within four decades, according to a recent UN report, but this progress could be undone by an upsurge in rocket launches expected during the same period.
Environment
Feb 3, 2023
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Thursday, February 2 marks World Wetlands Day, an international government agreement acknowledging the importance of wetlands and their ecological role in conserving our ecosystems.
Ecology
Feb 2, 2023
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A significant element of the UK government's leveling up plan to create thousands of jobs, regenerate more deprived areas and attract overseas investors is the introduction of freeports. These special low-tax trading zones ...
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2023
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A new conceptual framework for incorporating the way plants use carbon and water, or plant dynamics, into fine-scale computer models of wildland fire provides a critical first step toward improved global fire forecasting.
Ecology
Jan 31, 2023
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