The world's technologically advanced countries have called for the adoption of a "green growth" model of economic development in international climate negotiations. But advocacy alone will not motivate countries to protect ...
Environment
Aug 30, 2023
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Although wheat was among the first domesticated food crops, it remains a global dietary staple several millennia later. Grown on every continent except Antarctica, wheat is the second highest produced grain worldwide, with ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 13, 2023
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Being an environmentally friendly tourist can be challenging. Tourism is an industry that brings many negative environmental impacts—our pleasure often comes at the expense of local habitats or wildlife.
Environment
May 5, 2023
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An ominous shadow in the turquoise Caribbean waters off Venezuela comes from a deadly intruder—a soft coral that experts say has caused one of the most destructive habitat invasions on record anywhere.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2023
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The U.S. immigration system is slow and stymied by politics, but the border crisis represents an opportunity to address gaps in the American labor market, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2023
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On February 24, 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine escalated a dramatic conflict, with devastating effects both in human costs on the ground and international impact. Beyond the immediate reaction of world stock markets, ...
Economics & Business
Feb 24, 2023
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A new study analyzes the factors that drive environmental concern among Europeans in an effort to understand how we can bolster popular support for combatting climate change.
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2023
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With implications for global wildlife trade, research from the University of Stirling and National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan has shown how Japan, once the largest consumer country of ivory, stopped ...
Ecology
Nov 9, 2022
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Every year hundreds of millions of people around the world move to another country, with many of them seeking economic security for themselves and their families.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2022
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Agricultural diversity can be an important driver of food security, but the magnitude of the contribution depends on the broader socio-economic and biophysical characteristics of the local farming system, according to a recently ...
Agriculture
Aug 26, 2022
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