A team of researchers at Leiden University has attempted to measure the demand for sand in the coming decades and has also outlined ways to prevent a demand crisis. In their paper published in the journal Nature Sustainability, ...
Economic growth in the "advanced economies" of the global North relies on a large net appropriation of resources and labor from the global South, obtained through price differentials in international trade. This is demonstrated ...
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Mar 22, 2022
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Craft beer is a fast-growing industry, particularly in Maine and New England. New research shows that as the industry continues to grow, owners need to make decisions about scale and growth, which can be tough for brands ...
Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2022
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The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) published a position paper in the journal Nature highlighting the goals, priorities, and roadmap of the impressive Africa-led effort to sequence the genomes of plants, animals, fungi, ...
Ecology
Mar 15, 2022
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China will help its coal-fired power plants run at full capacity, the government has announced, raising further alarm about the fate of Beijing's climate pledges.
Environment
Feb 16, 2022
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The Department of Interior is spending $1.15 billion to cap abandoned oil and gas wells across the United States.
Environment
Feb 1, 2022
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UC Berkeley economists have launched a powerful new web tool that allows users to track, almost in real time, how economic growth and public policy affect the distribution of income and wealth among classes in the United ...
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2022
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Economic growth goes down when the number of wet days and days with extreme rainfall go up, a team of Potsdam scientists finds. Rich countries are most severely affected and herein the manufacturing and service sectors, according ...
Economics & Business
Jan 12, 2022
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Ever since it started, the pandemic has exacerbated the inequality that already existed between households in the UK. Those with secure incomes, savings and assets have been able to deal with the financial shocks of COVID, ...
Economics & Business
Jan 7, 2022
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Nations and industries benefit from longer supply chains and deeper networks, which magnify the benefits of innovative improvements, according to research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Economics & Business
Jan 5, 2022
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