A study published today in Science, by researchers at Rothamsted Research, the Met Office, the Natural Resources Institute, and the Universities of Exeter, Greenwich and York, sheds new light on the flight behaviours that ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2010
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Spring is in full swing. Trees are leafing out, flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and birds are singing. But a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that those birds in your ...
Ecology
May 26, 2020
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For immigrants, the path to citizenship in many countries is filled with hurdles: finding a job, learning the language, passing exams. But for some people, the biggest obstacle of all may be one they cannot help: their country ...
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2013
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A smartphone app designed to help migrants safely move through countries is being tested in Central America and Mexico from this week, ahead of a wider roll-out elsewhere in the world, the UN Migration Agency said Friday.
Software
Sep 30, 2017
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The period in American history known as the Great Migration—those decades from 1940 to 1970 during which nearly 4 million African Americans left the South, hopeful that better lives awaited to the North and West—has been ...
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2017
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One of the biggest challenges of today is the migration of people associated with the impacts of climate change on crops, water resources, droughts and risks related to health. Climate models are in agreement: higher temperatures ...
Environment
Aug 24, 2020
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A new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society shows that habitat alteration may be less important than other factors- such as human behavior- in driving the effects of "exurban" development on bird communities. These ...
Ecology
Jan 7, 2015
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Skilled migrants are enjoying better jobs and higher levels of employment thanks to a shift in policy, according to a new study by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne.
Economics & Business
Oct 20, 2014
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India is one of the world's largest food producers. Ironically, the country is also home to the largest population of hungry people and one-third of the world's malnourished children. The Global Hunger Index ranks India 102nd ...
Other
Jul 29, 2020
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A greater focus on pronunciation when teaching English to new migrants could help improve their employment prospects, according to research from Victoria University of Wellington's School of Linguistics and Applied Language ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2016
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