In recent months, rivers overflowing their banks have caused property damage and loss of life in France, Italy, Mexico, and South Africa, underscoring the increasing perils of climate change.
Earth Sciences
Nov 28, 2023
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Climate experts project a decline in the frequency of future tropical storms but an increase in their strength across the Ganges and Mekong basins allowing for better future planning.
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2023
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Human-caused global warming has continued to increase at an "unprecedented rate" since the last major assessment of the climate system published two years ago, say 50 leading scientists.
Environment
Jun 8, 2023
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Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences, along with a collaborator at Denison University, have developed an innovative new model to assess how the California economy might have fared without economic closures to ...
Economics & Business
Mar 9, 2023
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Some 400 scientists and climate experts expressed support on Monday for a US government proposal to revise a key metric that estimates the damage from carbon dioxide emissions.
Environment
Feb 14, 2023
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A novel bioremediation technology for cleaning up per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, chemical pollutants that threaten human health and ecosystem sustainability, has been developed by Texas A&M AgriLife researchers. ...
Materials Science
Jul 28, 2022
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Easing the lockdown through a traffic light system could help to reboot the economy, provide a clear sense of direction and instill hope, according to new proposals set out by UCL.
Economics & Business
Apr 17, 2020
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The first cases of COVID-19 emerged in China last November, and the virus has since moved inexorably to Europe and the United States. The virus didn't arrive in Africa—home to 1.2 billion people—until the end of February, ...
Economics & Business
Apr 1, 2020
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A team of British researchers has developed a method that enables computers to make decisions in a way that is more similar to humans. Specifically, the method mimics the complex process of how humans make decisions by enabling ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 4, 2019
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Melbourne researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict when users will reach for their mobile phone, helping people to maximise phone battery life.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 26, 2019
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