Illegal logging in Africa is a threat to security
African countries are estimated to lose US$17 billion each year to illegal logging. High-value timber species are in global demand.
Ecology
Apr 20, 2023
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The hidden role of food in urban conflicts in Central America
Extreme water events have been shown to affect human security in many ways. In a research article published today in the new journal Nature Water researchers from Politecnico di Milano and University of California at Berkeley ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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Pandemic prevention agreement must address wildlife trade
A new paper in The Lancet Planetary Health by an international team of scientists from the University of Washington, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and other institutions says that any future pandemic prevention agreement ...
Ecology
Apr 4, 2023
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Scientists reveal why Brussels sprouts taste better as you get older, and why your grandparents were right all along
Researchers from the University of Warwick are sharing food for thought about the humble sprout this Christmas, exploring several questions:
Agriculture
Dec 16, 2022
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How signing a waiver in human rights cases favors the powerful
One of the main advantages of signing a waiver is the finality that it brings to what could potentially be protracted legal proceedings.
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2022
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Drought in China could devastate global supply chains, energy transition efforts, experts warn
Following a record-breaking drought over the summer, China is on the brink of a water catastrophe that could have devastating consequences for global food security, energy markets and supply chains, according to a report ...
Environment
Nov 17, 2022
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Armed conflict and climate change: How these two threats play out in Africa
The world is falling miserably short of reducing carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, a 2015 treaty to keep global warming well below 2℃.
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2022
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Dig finds evidence of Revolutionary War prison camp location
Researchers say they solved a decades-old riddle this week by finding remnants of the stockade and therefore the site of a prison camp in York, Pennsylvania, that housed British soldiers for nearly two years during the American ...
Archaeology
Oct 28, 2022
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Reviving the UK's textile industry could help replace fast fashion with homegrown clothes, but there are barriers
The world has experienced massive disruption to supply chains in recent years as a result of the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This has restricted the availability of a wide array of goods, including essential items ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2022
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Scientists warn of a rare third-year La Niña
Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean that affects the climate of much of the tropics and subtropics. This natural phenomenon ...
Environment
Oct 20, 2022
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