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Climate Change Is Helping Pests and Diseases Destroy Our Food
Pests and diseases are exacerbating crop shortages that have sent prices for goods like cocoa, olive oil and orange juice soaring. That’s set to become even more prevalent as…
August 26, 2023
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Weaponizing Water: Water Stress and Islamic Extremist Violence in Africa and the Middle East By Marcus D. King
King...argues that all three insurgencies have weaponized the need for water to cause terror and advance their strategic goals. They have sought to take over water, …
August 22, 2023
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Water stress is on the rise — with cascading consequences worldwide
A lack of water can inflame tensions in places that lack political and economic stability. In parts of the Middle East, for instance, the impacts of climate change are colliding…
August 16, 2023
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What It’s Like to Live in the Amazon for Three Weeks
For three weeks in July, Gleeson and her team — led by Brian Griffiths, an assistant teaching professor in the Earth Commons, and in conjunction with the Amazon Center for…
August 15, 2023
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This Is Summer on the Hilltop
We’ve been busy this summer. We welcomed students for pre-orientation programs, broke ground on new construction projects, gardened and spruced up our grounds, and found ways…
August 10, 2023
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Turns out, dolphins use baby talk just like us
What’s the trick to getting a baby dolphin’s attention? Turns out it’s not too different from getting a human baby to look your way. After three decades of research,…
August 7, 2023
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Electrocution Isn’t the Main Thing Killing Birds Along Power Lines
A survey of power lines in four Western states found bullet fragments and shotgun pellets in most of the dead birds that were.…
August 3, 2023
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After a Trip to the Yucatan, Undergraduates Find Their Plans Shaken Up
We’re bringing students to different international sites to give them hands-on experiences with environment and sustainability issues and empower them to see the world and our…
August 1, 2023
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Home Sweet…Garbage? The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Teeming with Life.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is teeming with life. A dynamic group of organisms, from star-like jellies to industrious snails, is thriving within the immense mass of floating…
July 24, 2023
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Oppenheimer revealed the human and political sides of science
The "relationship between science and politics is a two-way street," says Toshihiro Higuchi, a professor of history at Georgetown University who studies the environmental impacts…
July 21, 2023