Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, canaries were used in coal mines to assess the risk of toxic gases. If the birds became ill or passed away, their fate served as a warning for miners to vacate the premises.
Economics & Business
Dec 4, 2023
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Understanding how hailstorm frequency has changed over time can help us build resilience against future hail events.
Earth Sciences
Oct 12, 2023
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Over recent months there has been an orchestrated pushback against investors and insurers who integrate the risks of climate change into their business models. That pushback—emanating from Republican-led states—is having ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2023
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Miami's Little Haiti has been an immigrant community for decades. Its streets are lined with small homes and colorful shops that cater to the neighborhood, a predominantly Afro-Caribbean population with a median household ...
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2022
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Thousands of people on Australia's east coast fled their homes Wednesday as torrential rains tracked north after unleashing floods in Sydney that submerged communities, roads and bridges under mud-brown water.
Environment
Jul 6, 2022
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A new analysis demonstrates that restoration of mangroves and coral reefs can be a cost-effective solution for coastal flood reduction in more than 20 countries across the Caribbean.
Ecology
Jun 17, 2022
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Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as flames tore through the underbrush.
Environment
May 27, 2021
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This year will see a relatively low number of icebergs drifting into busy shipping regions in the north-west Atlantic, according to a combination of control systems and artificial intelligence forecasting models developed ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2020
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Insurance schemes with the potential to improve the resilience of global fisheries face a host of future challenges, researchers say.
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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As California's wildfire season intensifies, a growing number of residents in the state want to ban people from building in areas at greatest risk.
Other
Oct 21, 2019
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