COVID-19: The perils of a 'just enough, just in time' food system
Toilet paper shortages, profiteering from hand sanitizer and empty shelves in grocery stores.
Economics & Business
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Systems analysis for a new Arctic
The Arctic region has long been seen as one of the Earth's most remote frontiers. However, the Arctic is changing quickly, which is important in global governance, geopolitics and the global economy. Temperatures have warmed ...
Environment
Feb 17, 2020
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Green Christmases: Alpine ski resorts ponder a future without snow
Last Christmas, for the first time in its existence, a ski resort in the French Alpine town of Montclar could count neither on Mother Nature nor its artificial snow machines to produce enough of the white stuff to cover its ...
Environment
Feb 11, 2020
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A study shows growth trends in female homicide victims in Spain spanning over a century
In a groundbreaking study, research carried out between the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the University of Lausanne (UNIL, Switzerland) has compiled data on homicide victims in Spain, disaggregated by gender, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2020
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Q&A: How climate change, other factors stoke Australia fires
Australia's unprecedented wildfires are supercharged thanks to climate change, the type of trees catching fire and weather, experts say.
Environment
Jan 3, 2020
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Amazon forest regrowth much slower than previously thought
The regrowth of Amazonian forests following deforestation can happen much slower than previously thought, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2019
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Biodiversity has substantially changed in one of the largest Mediterranean wetlands
The Camargue in southern France is widely recognised as one of the largest and most biodiverse wetlands in the Mediterranean region.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2019
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New research tracing the development of the world's vital non-living nature
The health and wellbeing of humans is underpinned by the natural world. Living nature in the form of ecosystems and biodiversity is the world's life support system. It is crucial, but under threat.
Environment
Dec 10, 2019
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Australia's threatened birds declined by 59% over the past 30 years
Australia's threatened birds declined by nearly 60% on average over 30 years, according to new research that reveals the true impact on native wildlife of habitat loss, introduced pests, and other human-caused pressures.
Ecology
Dec 3, 2019
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Emperor penguins could march to extinction if nations fail to halt climate change
The concept of a canary in a coal mine – a sensitive species that provides an alert to danger—originated with British miners, who carried actual canaries underground through the mid-1980s to detect the presence of deadly ...
Ecology
Nov 8, 2019
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