Researchers find that badgers, foxes and pheasants benefitted the most from reduced traffic during UK lockdowns. The findings are presented in the Journal of Animal Ecology.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2023
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Using atmospheric data collected in India during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, an international team of scientists has found that black carbon in India regulates dust loadings in the entire country. The researchers also found ...
Environment
Apr 21, 2022
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New data show that while individuals with visual disabilities were slow to recover employment because of the effects of the COVID-2019 lockdown, they have made headway, depending on their level of disability, almost meeting ...
Economics & Business
May 23, 2023
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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated that 85% of people living in Nairobi's informal settlements were food insecure. This means they could not afford to pay for sufficient quantities of food. Food insecurity was ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2021
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As debate and protests about lockdowns and opening up flare up across the nation, experts are considering why governors decided to lockdown states in the first place.
Political science
Apr 23, 2020
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The lockdown led to a significant drop in some pollutants in the UK's towns and cities, mainly as a result of less traffic, a new report reveals.
Environment
Jul 2, 2020
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An academic from Queen Mary University of London has published a research paper which explores the impact of lockdowns in response to COVID-19 in Africa.
Social Sciences
Jul 6, 2020
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One of the many things COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on is the way many of us work.
Economics & Business
Aug 7, 2020
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Lockdown affected people's sex lives in a variety of ways, with young people and those not living with a partner reporting the greatest changes, according to researchers from UCL, the University of Glasgow and the National ...
Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2021
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People around the world have been spending more time at home since the start of 2020. For many of these people, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to get a pet.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 2, 2021
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