Study suggests hydraulic fracturing boosts local economies
The first nationwide study of the comprehensive local impacts of hydraulic fracturing finds that when costs and benefits are added up, communities on average benefit from allowing it.
The first nationwide study of the comprehensive local impacts of hydraulic fracturing finds that when costs and benefits are added up, communities on average benefit from allowing it.
Environment
Dec 23, 2016
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A new way to measure the causes and magnitude of gender bias against women leaders in the workplace should make it easier to identify the sources of this kind of sexism and even help eliminate it, according to just-published ...
Social Sciences
May 19, 2020
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COVID-19 is a health, social, economic and political emergency. It is also a housing emergency.
Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2020
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The UK Government and its advisory groups "marginalised or ignored" the environmental and public health ramifications of permitting shale gas extraction in England, according to new research.
Environment
Jul 1, 2020
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Does it matter where the virus that causes COVID-19 came from? In terms of frontline medicine, perhaps not—patients still need to be treated and the public health crisis managed.
Political science
Jun 2, 2021
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When a powerful storm flooded neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in April with what preliminary reports show was 25 inches of rain in 24 hours, few people were prepared. Even hurricanes rarely drop that much rain ...
Environment
Apr 27, 2023
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Amid worldwide protests over systemic racism, a Richmond-area congresswoman, Virginia's chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, and the director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center hosted a ...
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2020
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Imagine you're sitting in your living room on a quiet evening with your family reading a book, when suddenly, complete strangers let themselves in your front door. If that wasn't enough of a shock, before you can even find ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2023
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For researchers studying the possible connections between human health and the trillions of microbes that inhabit our digestive tract, what makes the work so exciting is also what makes it challenging.
Biochemistry
May 16, 2018
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The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has issued a new report, Microbes and Climate Change: Science, People, & Impacts, examining the relationship between microbes and climate change. As major drivers of elemental cycles ...
Ecology
Apr 22, 2022
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