Many organizations are today facing challenges that make them increasingly vulnerable, and few organizations demonstrate high levels of resilience. For her Ph.D. research, Jennifer van den Berg explored whether and how power ...
Economics & Business
Nov 9, 2021
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Quantitative empirical studies exploring how climatic and other environmental drivers influence migration are increasing year by year. PIK scientists have now reviewed methodological approaches used in the quantitative climate ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2021
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What makes a voice attractive? The question is the subject of broad interest, with far-reaching implications in our personal lives, the workplace, and society.
General Physics
Aug 31, 2021
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A new study shows that spatial and temporal environmental fluctuations can account for the maintenance of personality types in bird populations.
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2021
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An individual human can maintain stable social relationships with about 150 people. This is the proposition known as "Dunbar's number"—that the architecture of the human brain sets an upper limit on our social lives. A ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2021
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A powerful, long-term study from WCS adds scientific backing for global calls for conserving 30 percent of the world's ocean. The studied no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) increased the growth of fish populations by 42 ...
Ecology
May 4, 2021
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Economists and urban planners generally agree that local pollution sources disproportionally impact racial minorities in the U.S. The reasons for this are largely unclear, but a University of Illinois study provides new insights ...
Social Sciences
Feb 26, 2021
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Researchers have found new evidence that global warming is affecting the size of commercial fish species, documenting for the first time that juvenile fish are getting bigger, as well as confirming that adult fish are getting ...
Ecology
Feb 3, 2021
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Running a successful business has its challenges, but the COVID-19 pandemic has required many owners to pivot and look for new ways to operate profitably while keeping employees and consumers safe. Research from the Indiana ...
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2021
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Large-scale land acquisitions by foreign investors, intended to improve global food security, had little to no benefit, increasing crop production in some areas while simultaneously threatening local food security in others, ...
Environment
Jan 19, 2021
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