Flash droughts strike suddenly and intensify rapidly. Often the affected areas are in drought after just weeks or a couple of months of well-below-average rainfall. They happen worldwide and are becoming more common, including ...
Environment
Apr 9, 2024
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The population of Africa, the second-largest continent in the world, currently sits at about 1.4 billion, but is set to exceed 2 billion by 2040. This means greater swaths of land than ever before are being used for agriculture, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 4, 2024
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Central Asia has experienced a faster temperature rise than the global land over the past decades, which has brought unprecedented challenges to the survival and flourishing of life. The role of the drivers and their associated ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 29, 2024
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New research mapping long-term international trends in trophy fishing has found declines in records for threatened species, adding to a growing body of evidence that these types of fish and sharks are becoming increasingly ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2024
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A trio of environmental engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago, has used census data and an annual demographics survey to make predictions about U.S. city population growth or decline in the years leading up to 2100.
The number of people affected by tropical cyclones has nearly doubled from 2002 to 2019, reaching nearly 800 million people in 2019, according to a new study.
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2023
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Diseases are among the major causes of tree mortality in both forests and urban areas. New diseases are continually being introduced, and pathogens are continually jumping to new hosts, threatening more and more tree species. ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2023
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Seismologists agree that foreshocks are the most widely identified signal of an upcoming mainshock earthquake. But do these foreshock sequences have distinctive characteristics that separate them from aftershock sequences, ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2023
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The world should see the first draft of a highly anticipated and much needed international treaty to combat plastic pollution by the end of November, 175 nations gathered in Paris decided Monday after five days of grueling ...
Environment
Jun 3, 2023
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Recently, scholars have expressed doubt that the language of human rights still animates the global fight for better living conditions.
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2023
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