UK told to change behaviour to meet climate targets
Britain's approach to changing public travel, heating and food habits is "inadequate" to meet its net zero and environment targets, a parliamentary committee warned Wednesday.
Britain's approach to changing public travel, heating and food habits is "inadequate" to meet its net zero and environment targets, a parliamentary committee warned Wednesday.
Environment
Oct 12, 2022
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Africa has one of the world's fastest population growth rates. Growth models project the continent's current population of about 1.3 billion people will nearly double to 2.5 billion by 2050—and it's likely to keep growing ...
Environment
Oct 6, 2022
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"Wander around Trastevere like a Roman"; "This little café in the Latin Quarter in Paris is wonderful"; "Tips to make you feel like a real Berliner." An increasing number of platforms in the sharing economy such as Airbnb ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2022
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Despite long-standing efforts to close the racial "achievement gap" in education, the term does more to trigger racist stereotypes and causes a lower sense of urgency than when the issue is presented as the need to "end inequality ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2022
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Tropical deforestation causes widespread degradation of biodiversity and carbon stocks. Researchers from the German Center of Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and Leipzig University were now able to test the relationship ...
Environment
Oct 3, 2022
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The annual surface temperature of 160 lakes across the Tibetan Plateau has increased significantly in the period of 1978–2017, according to a study on large-scale dynamic monitoring and simulation of lake water temperature.
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2022
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Imagine a world where farms bear no crops, forests have no trees and nature exists without plants.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2022
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In recent decades, the number of university students with some kind of disability has been progressively increasing due to the more favorable social environment. Despite this progress, these students still face numerous challenges ...
Education
Sep 13, 2022
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People who rely on public transit in Toronto will eventually have to choose different means of transportation if they can afford it or risk isolation unless the current system improves, a new study found.
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2022
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Many millions of people in the tropics could be exposed to dangerous heat for half the year by 2100 even if humanity manages to meet climate goals, researchers warned Thursday.
Environment
Aug 28, 2022
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