Rivers provide water to billions of people and are critical linkages between continental ecosystems and oceans. Every run and every riffle reshape the surrounding landscape as a river transports nutrients and sediment downstream. ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2023
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Winter is the off-season when it comes to bushfires in southern Australia. But people could be forgiven for feeling anxious ahead of the Australian summer, with the Northern Hemisphere experiencing scorching heat waves, tourists ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2023
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Period products come in a variety of styles—liners, pads, tampons, cups and underwear—to help people feel comfortable during a menstrual bleed. But their labels don't usually list the ingredients, so consumers don't know ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 11, 2023
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In recent research published by myself and my colleague Tony Yeates in the journal Tectonophysics, we investigate what we believe—based on many years of experience in asteroid impact research—is the world's largest known ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2023
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It has been a year of devastating climate impacts with humanity around the world experiencing a bitter taste of what climate scientists have been warning about for years. The dire prospect is that we are on the precipice ...
Environment
Aug 10, 2023
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Climate change has long been considered as one of the greatest drivers of declining coral reefs, but the specifics of human impact have been largely unverified. In a new paper published in Nature, researchers tracked coral ...
Ecology
Aug 9, 2023
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Despite broad scientific consensus that climate change has more serious consequences for some groups—particularly those already socially or economically disadvantaged—a large swath of people in the U.S. doesn't see it ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2023
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The tools and policies that have worked to significantly reduce threats to the Great Lakes over the past century are ill-equipped to handle today's complex and interrelated challenges.
Environment
Aug 9, 2023
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Asper researchers are publishing work that rethinks traditional business models and prioritizes sustainability. Despite the lingering, outdated sentiment that sustain-centric business is an alternative perspective, they demonstrate ...
Economics & Business
Aug 9, 2023
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Although millions are spent each year on entrepreneurship training that is intended to help alleviate poverty and elevate the quality of life of entrepreneurs in developing nations, these programs often fail to make an impact.
Economics & Business
Aug 9, 2023
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