January 21, 2019January 23, 2019

War and Peace and Environmental Consequences

Image source: https://colombiareports.com/chiribiquete-national-park-in-heart-of-colombian-amazon-to-more-than-double-in-size/ War inflicts plenty of damage upon ecosystems (among other things), but peace carries its own pitfalls. In a study recently published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, Drs. Dolors Armenteras, Laura Schneider and Liliana María Dávalos, of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Rutgers and Stony Brook, respectively, describe how the Colombian […]

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019

How local policies can adapt to a changing climate

Photo source: https://www.orangeville.com/news-story/7959809-here-s-the-18-point-roadside-inspection-orangeville-police-will-follow-to-determine-whether-motorists-may-be-impaired-by-drugs/ Debates over political responses to climate change tend to concern large effects, such as preventing the submersion of large and heavily populated coastal cities and preventing the loss of economically vital cropland. A group of researchers from Harvard and MIT, however, have noticed at least two effects […]

Month: January 2019