In a new study, led by Imperial College London and published in Science, researchers ranked 90% of global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions pledges as providing low confidence in their full implementation.
Earth Sciences
Jun 8, 2023
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Science can play a key role in whether a bill will ultimately reach its intended outcome, according to a new study from researchers at Penn State. The team found that the inclusion of scientific research language within bills, ...
Political science
Oct 26, 2022
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An international group of scientists is predicting markedly different outcomes for different species of coral reef fishes under climate change—and have made substantial progress on picking the 'winners and losers'.
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2021
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IIASA researchers collaborated with colleagues in Japan to clarify the impacts of stringent climate mitigation policies on food security. The team identified smart and inclusive climate policy designs where the risk of food-security ...
Environment
May 13, 2019
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In a paper published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, an international research team composed of scientists affiliated with more than a dozen institutions, including the California Academy of Sciences, ...
Environment
Mar 28, 2023
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Companies in the digital technology industry are significantly underreporting the greenhouse gas emissions arising along the value chain of their products. Across a sample of 56 major tech companies surveyed in a study by ...
Economics & Business
Nov 17, 2021
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Australians love property and being near water. But fast forward 30 years and the two may be incompatible, judging by global forecasts warning of sea level rises that could threaten thousands of coastal residents in decades ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2019
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History teachers strive to show students what the past can tell us about today. But what can state standards on history education teach students about the past, present and how to think critically? A new article from a University ...
Education
Jul 11, 2024
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It is time to change the debate around sex work from a moral issue to one of workers' rights, a University of Otago study argues.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2021
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Quantitative empirical studies exploring how climatic and other environmental drivers influence migration are increasing year by year. PIK scientists have now reviewed methodological approaches used in the quantitative climate ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2021
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