'Historically inclined' anthropologists trace the evolution of US emergency risk assessment and response
"Where were you when …?"
Environment
Mar 14, 2022
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Page 13 - News tagged with future climates
Why the cost of mitigating climate change can't be boiled down to one right number
Back in November 2019, before the pandemic began, would you have guessed how important videoconferencing like Zoom would be in people's lives just a few months later?
Environment
Feb 23, 2022
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New book explores how schools can prepare students for an uncertain future
As technology evolves and changes the world at a faster pace than ever before, two veteran educators have written a new book that explores how schools can prepare young people for a globalized future that is still taking ...
Education
Feb 22, 2022
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How politics, society, and tech shape the path of climate change
Politics and society largely dictate climate policy ambitions and therefore the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, yet climate change models and projections rarely include political and social drivers. A study from the ...
Environment
Feb 16, 2022
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The habitat of important wild pollinators is under threat
Honeybees are common pollinators, but wild bees, including bumble bees, and other insects such as hoverflies, beetles and butterflies, are also needed for pollination and are important in many different ways. With simple ...
Ecology
Feb 14, 2022
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'Life finds a way': How rainbowfish survive in Australia's scorching desert
A trip into central Australia involves packing your 4WD to the brim with survival gear, water and food. Yet fish have managed to persist in that parched landscape for thousands of years—how do they do it?
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2022
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Blood glacier and creative climate storytelling for an uncertain future
An eerie mountain landscape, a handful of jump-scares, and plenty of gore—"Blood Glacier" may seem like every other low-budget horror film. But it has another story to tell.
Environment
Dec 17, 2021
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Less snow, more rain in store for the Arctic, study finds
The Arctic is often thought of as a cold, white and snowy region, but this image is rapidly changing. The Arctic is currently warming much faster than the rest of the planet and is experiencing rapid sea ice loss.
Earth Sciences
Dec 2, 2021
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Climate action can lessen poverty and inequality worldwide
If all countries adopted the same tax on carbon emissions and returned the revenues to their citizens, it is possible to keep the global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius while also benefiting well-being, ...
Environment
Dec 1, 2021
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Bias-corrected CMIP6 global dataset improves dynamical downscaling projection of future climate
Projections of the Earth's future climate at a finer scale are important in climate-related studies. However, the typical spatial resolution of CMIP6 models is approximately 100 km, which is not sufficient for resolving fine-scale ...
Environment
Nov 23, 2021
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