"Tropical forests are a critical resource," says Xavier Warnes, Ph.D. '21, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford Graduate School of Business. "They store huge amounts of carbon, they affect weather patterns and water systems, ...
Environment
Jan 17, 2024
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Non-native, wood-boring insects such as the emerald ash borer and the Asian longhorned beetle are costing an estimated $1.7 billion in local government expenditures and approximately $830 million in lost residential property ...
Ecology
Sep 10, 2011
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Scientists at the University of Texas in Dallas, with funding from AFOSR's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, are seeking solutions for maintaining privacy in a cloud, or an Internet-based computing environment ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 17, 2010
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The World's economy is feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic with many industries under threat. A group of researchers from the UK, Malaysia, Nigeria, UAE and Japan, led by WMG, University of Warwick have concluded ...
Economics & Business
Oct 12, 2020
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China, the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide that causes global warming, has seen a notable dip in its emissions over the past three quarters—but it's not clear how long the drop will continue.
Environment
Jun 2, 2022
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A new interpretation of the runic inscription on the Forsa Ring (Forsaringen in Swedish), provides fresh insights into the Viking Age monetary system and represents the oldest documented value record in Scandinavia. The inscription ...
Archaeology
Aug 13, 2024
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Understanding people's short- and long-distance travel patterns can inform economic development, urban planning, and responses to natural disasters, wars and conflicts, disease outbreaks like the COVID-19 pandemic, and more. ...
Social Sciences
May 18, 2020
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Economists from the universities of York and Canterbury analysed economic data from 119 countries over the 1950 – 2015 period.
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2019
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Big data analysis has long supported major feats in physics and astronomy. But more recently we've seen it underpin breakthroughs in the social sciences and humanities.
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2022
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Where various ethnic groups live together, cities grow at a slower rate. That is the conclusion reached by a researcher from the University of Basel and his colleagues based on worldwide data that shows how the diversity ...
Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2020
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