There can be "trade-offs" between increasing human wellbeing and improving the resilience of societies and ecosystems, researchers say.
Environment
Oct 28, 2021
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An approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that is informed by the ethical theory of utilitarianism would lead to better outcomes for human development, equity, and the climate, according to a new study involving Rutgers ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2021
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Polling undertaken by Populus for The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, at the University of Birmingham, has found that the UK public value the short-term care for life during the current coronavirus crisis ahead ...
Social Sciences
Apr 9, 2020
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IIASA researchers have introduced a new, simple measure for human wellbeing across countries, called the Human Life Indicator (HLI), that takes inequality into account and could replace the commonly used but error-prone Human ...
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2018
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Greater animal biodiversity can lead to heightened human interest in marine habitats, according to research published in Scientific Reports.
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2018
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A study led by the University of Liverpool that catalogued all of the links between marine biodiversity and the different ways we rely on the sea found more than 30 ways it supports well-being including providing a source ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2018
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New research suggests that the combined social and ecological results of increased agricultural intensification in low and middle-income countries are not as positive as expected.
Environment
Jun 14, 2018
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An international review of evidence on workplace learning shows workplace training specifically designed to improve wellbeing is effective. Regardless of what kind of training is used, the research reveals the majority of ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2017
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Every day, 400 kilometres above our heads, there are astronauts living in space. Their home is the ISS, the frontier outpost of human exploration, and a workplace like nothing on Earth. With spacewalks and dockings to contend ...
Space Exploration
May 27, 2013
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