A new handbook released today by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, will guide businesses—including farmers, forest growers, mining companies and non-governmental organizations—on how to report and account for ...
Environment
Sep 20, 2023
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Around the world, people value nature in diverse and profound ways that extend far beyond economic usage. But this diversity in how people value nature is not properly reflected in key political and economic decisions. A ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2023
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Using an extensive computer simulation of the climate, the global economy and the global energy system, researchers at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have been analyzing different ways of mitigating climate change, together ...
Environment
Jun 30, 2023
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A global study led by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and published in the journal Scientific Reports finds that economic inequality on a social level cannot be explained by bad choices ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2023
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As the one-year anniversary passes on the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade—and with it the constitutional right to an abortion—University of Michigan public policy professor Paula Lantz offers insights on ...
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2023
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Voting rights have come under scrutiny across the United States in recent years, with multiple cases before the Supreme Court this session. A new study by Syracuse University researchers suggests the issue has implications ...
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2023
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How do humans make decisions when the outcomes are uncertain? One possible way would be to calculate the expected value of each option by multiplying each possible outcome amount by its probability and then choosing the option ...
Social Sciences
May 26, 2023
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A new framework developed by University of Waterloo researchers demonstrates the significant economic health savings and benefits from urban park investments.
Environment
May 17, 2023
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A computational tool developed by researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change pinpoints specific counties within the United States that are particularly vulnerable to economic distress ...
Environment
May 15, 2023
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People might be more positive to the removal of fuel subsidies if told where the money would be spent instead. This has been shown in a study from the University of Gothenburg, which investigated attitudes towards removing ...
Economics & Business
Mar 21, 2023
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