A dramatic shift toward remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic caused telecommuting parents in the United States to spend significantly more time "parenting" their children in the first year of the pandemic than they did ...
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2022
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Snow days, a nostalgic rite of passage for generations of students across the northern United States, might seem destined to be a memory of school days past. For nearly a century, schools have canceled or delayed classes ...
Education
Dec 13, 2022
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Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau show a trend of later freezing-up, earlier breaking-up and thus shorten ice-covered duration since the late 1970s, according to a study by researchers from the International Research Center of ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2022
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A Franco-US satellite is due for launch this week on a mission to survey with unprecedented accuracy nearly all water on Earth's surface for the first time and help scientists investigate its impact on Earth's climate.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 12, 2022
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The upcoming Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will provide a trove of data on Earth's water resources, even in remote locations. Alaska serves as a case study.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 9, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a global shift to remote work, with the latest evidence suggesting almost half of workers in Canada are still regularly working remotely. Employers are grappling with how to strike the right ...
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2022
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In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit's most elusive residents—coyotes, foxes, raccoons and skunks among them.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2022
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In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has become increasingly common, but is it productive? New research in Management Science finds proximity to senior managers at corporate headquarters makes inventors ...
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2022
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Member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN agency that regulates international maritime affairs, are meeting on December 5-16 to discuss how to accelerate the industry's climate mitigation efforts.
Environment
Dec 6, 2022
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Cover crops, with their ability to reduce erosion and promote soil health, are being planted across more U.S. Midwestern land than ever. That's according to new University of Illinois research showing that cover crop adoption ...
Agriculture
Dec 5, 2022
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