The chemical composition of glass beads and their morphological characteristics can reveal where they come from. Archaeologists from the University of Geneva analyzed glass beads found at rural sites in Mali and Senegal from ...
Archaeology
Dec 2, 2020
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The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalisation may be decreasing, rather than increasing, the security of global supply chains.
Environment
Oct 26, 2020
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Researchers from KU Leuven, the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and RTI International investigated the effects of trade on global hunger as a result of climate change. The conclusion is clear: ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2020
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A paper recently published in Nature Communications is the first to show a connection between demand from certain developed countries for agricultural commodities and the growing risk of malaria in the countries that supply ...
Ecology
Jun 5, 2020
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The American Dust Bowl of the 1930s—captured by the novels of John Steinbeck—was an environmental and socio-economic disaster that worsened the Great Depression.
Environment
Mar 20, 2020
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A new study co-authored by an MIT economist shows that improved translation software can significantly boost international trade online—a notable case of machine learning having a clear impact on economic activity.
Economics & Business
Dec 23, 2019
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Migration patterns in present-day Denmark shifted at the beginning of the Nordic Bronze Age, according to a study published August 21, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Karin Frei of the National Museum of Denmark ...
Archaeology
Aug 21, 2019
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Elephant poaching rates in Africa have started to decline after reaching a peak in 2011, an international team of scientists have concluded.
Ecology
May 28, 2019
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Human appetites are pushing makos and other iconic sharks to the brink of extinction, scientists warned in a new assessment of the apex predator's conservation status.
Ecology
Mar 22, 2019
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From parrots to lizards, hundreds of animal species could be at risk of extinction because of a policy process that responds slowly to scientific knowledge, according to a new study in Science.
Ecology
Feb 14, 2019
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