An application developed in collaboration with vulnerable communities to transmit early warnings of the risk of floods and environmental disasters has become public policy in Brazil, and the methodology is being replicated ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2022
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With the prospect of a lengthier lockdown looming over Sydney, the idea of "living with the virus" has resurfaced.
Economics & Business
Jul 9, 2021
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School segregation has remained a hot-button political issue since Brown vs. Board of Education, a landmark 1954 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the justices ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation ...
Education
Feb 11, 2022
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Incentivizing farmers to restore some land as habitats for nature could deliver UK climate and biodiversity targets at half the taxpayer cost of integrating nature into land managed for food production, according to a new ...
Ecology
Dec 20, 2022
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Long-standing policies and deeply rooted inequity—rather than a few "bad apples" in the criminal justice system—likely explain why Black defendants in certain parts of the country are more likely than others to be held ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2023
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Climate change poses a health threat through increasing weather disasters and extreme heat, the UN said Thursday, calling for better warning systems that could be weaved into public health policy.
Environment
Nov 2, 2023
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A clear majority of participants in a national survey about the zero-tolerance policy on the United States/Mexico border strongly opposed separating immigrant families and charging the parents as criminals, according to Baylor ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2020
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Food waste and obesity are major problems in developed countries. They are both caused by an overabundance of food, but strategies to reduce one can inadvertently increase the other. A broader perspective can help identify ...
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2021
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The global transition to a carbon-neutral economy will cause economic disruption reminiscent of the energy crisis of the 1970s, according to a paper by the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Economics & Business
Aug 19, 2021
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When presented with proposed natural gas export operations in the state, Oregonians are more likely to perceive the environmental and public health risks than the potential financial gains, a recent study from Oregon State ...
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2022
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