New research published in the journal Climatic Change finds that media coverage can have long-lasting impacts on public opinion when it comes to technological solutions to deal with climate change, such as reflecting sunlight ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2023
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Our planet has just seen its hottest month on record, with many places on fire or flooded. Few events can be directly attributed to climate change, but the likelihood of extreme weather keeps increasing—and people are noticing.
Environment
Sep 12, 2023
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The construction sector—the most polluting and difficult to decarbonize—must build less, use more sustainable materials and clean up conventional ones to slash its emissions, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Environment
Sep 12, 2023
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Recent images of the devastating flash floods caused by Storm Daniel in Greece hit close to home literally and figuratively. As a Greek who has completed a Ph.D. and worked for the past eight years on flash floods, the scenes ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2023
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The hosts of this year's G20 summit in New Delhi, India, face a unique challenge: keeping monkeys from interfering with the event. The area's rhesus macaques are bold and curious, but can be aggressive.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2023
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Small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica.
Ecology
Sep 10, 2023
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Policymakers and re-entry programs need to prioritize housing to support formerly incarcerated people and reduce recidivism, researchers from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University write in ...
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2023
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While public discussions often focus on climate change driving people to emigrate, new research published in Nature Human Behaviour shows that net-migration patterns around the world are actually more strongly linked with ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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Utility companies are generally well-equipped to handle routine blackouts, but often struggle with extreme weather events like hurricanes.
Earth Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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Although urban areas account for less than 4% of the world's land area, they contribute more than 70% of global carbon emissions (CE). It is well known that the development of megacity clusters in the Yangtze River Delta ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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