Diplomats from 130 nations gathered in Paris on Monday to validate a grim UN assessment of the state of Nature and lay the groundwork for a rescue plan for life on Earth.
Environment
Apr 29, 2019
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When it comes to handling the waste crisis in Australia, options are limited: we either export our waste or bury it. But to achieve current national targets, policy-makers are increasingly asking if we can instead safely ...
Environment
Nov 6, 2020
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A short animated film commissioned by two University of Kent historians challenges the concept that migration at current levels is a new phenomenon.
Archaeology
Feb 9, 2016
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Drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and wildlife.
Ecology
Jan 4, 2021
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The decline in plankton abundance in the North East Atlantic over the past six decades should serve as a red flag to policy makers about the need to protect some of the planet's most critical forms of life, a new study has ...
Ecology
Sep 13, 2023
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In African wildlife conservation, most documented experiences are from southern and south-eastern Africa; countries with well developed 'wildlife industries'. Their voices and perspectives are dominant, but a new paper in ...
Ecology
Nov 3, 2020
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Prioritising and tracking the protection of countries' ecosystems—from wetlands to reefs, forests and more—is critical to protecting Earth's biodiversity.
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2020
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This week scientists unveiled a unique dataset that maps the diverse migrant communities living in the EU.
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2017
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The division between liberals and conservatives on both climate-change beliefs and related policy support is long-standing. However, the results of a newly released global experiment show that despite these differences, the ...
Political science
May 9, 2024
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Most people understand that investing in the future is important, and that goes for conserving nature and natural resources, too. But in the case of investing in such "natural" assets as groundwater, forests, and fish populations, ...
Environment
Feb 8, 2016
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