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Study examines Miami-Dade County resilience plans
A University of Miami study has developed a new approach to evaluate how multiple climate resilience plans work together—or fail to do so—in addressing the grow...
Social media influencers who match racial, ethnic identity of their audiences have a bigger—and unhealthy—impact
Food marketers increasingly use people for paid promotions who share the racial and ethnic identities of their target audiences because such "identity congruenc...
Is the decline of newspapers taking the pressure off of corporate social responsibility programs? Research says 'yes'
Local newspapers have long played a quiet but powerful role in corporate accountability: They scrutinize company behavior and give public visibility to good cor...
Hotter, drier weather could double water bills in some US cities, study finds
Hotter, drier weather threatens to double water bills by midcentury in some cities, according to a Stanford-led study. The research, published in Nature Sustain...
UK museums at 'sharp end' of climate change challenge
As visitors peered at skeletons and preserved animals in a London zoological museum during a UK heat wave, staff focused on a different attraction: a computer s...
How foreign direct investments affect employment and income in rural areas of the US
Federal trade and industrial policies have triggered a new wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States, with some companies committing billions...
How climate change affects interactions between owls and their prey
A study published in Ecography has assessed how climate change may be destabilizing interactions between predators and prey in the wild—specifically, how owl–pr...
Global warming, increasing wildfire risk threaten viability of some California winery regions
The U.S. is the fourth-largest wine-producing country by output volume, and approximately 80% of its production occurs in California. Ever since the 19th centur...
How tall and short trees can coexist in old growth forests
Forests are shaped by light competition. The trees that grow the tallest have access to the most sunlight, blocking the rays and rendering the shaded space arou...
Sponsorship is key to career progression but less than one in four relationships work
A research report launched today reveals that sponsorship is a critical part of progression into senior leadership roles because it teaches individuals how adva...
Migratory birds may carry fewer parasites between islands than expected, DNA shows
A new study published in the Journal of Helminthology by researchers from the Estonian University of Life Sciences and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sc...
Quantum vacuum could help break molecular bonds with less energy, simulations suggest
A team of researchers led by Felipe Herrera, a professor at the University of Santiago and a researcher at the Millennium Institute for Research in Optics (MIRO...