A new study in Environmental Research Letters shows striking disparities in the distribution of conserved land across multiple dimensions of social marginalization in New England—and creates a tool to help address them.
Environment
Apr 13, 2022
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Within two months, Australians will vote in a federal election. It comes after a political term marked by major societal challenges, including catastrophic drought, bushfires and floods.
Political science
Mar 14, 2022
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Farmers struggling to adapt to rising temperatures in tropical regions can unleash the benefits of natural cooling, alongside a host of other wins, simply by dotting more trees across their pasturelands. For the first time, ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2022
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Most farm managers in Europe are nearing retirement. There is a need to revitalize rural areas in Europe and crate opportunities for younger people. Social scientists are scrutinizing the problem of rural decline, highlighting ...
Agriculture
Feb 1, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Southampton have explored how the pandemic has impacted the shopping habits and attitudes of consumers aged 65+ living and shopping in rural communities in the South of England.
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2022
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Many academics and journalists have written about rural "brain drain," the migration of talented and bright young people who leave their communities, usually in search of better economic opportunities. But a team of Iowa ...
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2022
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Within three decades, the San Joaquin Valley's annual average temperature could increase by 4 degrees, worsening water quality and health hazards in the impoverished communities of California's agricultural heartland, according ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2022
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A farmer's lot is not an easy one. A difficult and demanding way of life, farming involves a huge range of challenges and stresses—among them isolation, climate change, and disease outbreaks in crops and livestock.
Other
Jan 7, 2022
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41
Rural Canada is vital to the socio-economic fabric of this country.
Economics & Business
Nov 18, 2021
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3
In a rural community in East Texas, a group of women decided to meet in secret to discuss politics, holding its first clandestine gathering in a secluded barn at the end of a dark road. Thereafter, they rotated meeting locations ...
Political science
Oct 7, 2021
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