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Environment and Natural Resource Security

吃完生蚝，剩下的壳还有什么用？

Brendan Causgroves与生蚝的第一次“邂逅”并不美妙。他一口喝掉一小杯烈酒，被杯底肥厚的生蚝呛到了。

24 May 2019

Children could influence their parents views on climate change

North Carolinian teens and children have been shown to have an influencing effect on their parents' own views on environmental issues and climate change.

16 May 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

As sea levels rise, UN climbs aboard floating-cities push

A UN-backed partnership will study the futuristic prospect of floating cities, looking at how platforms at sea might help bail out coastal cities at risk of flooding due to climate change.

05 Apr 2019

Water

US faces fresh water shortages due to climate change, research says

Increasing population and rising temperatures will have a serious impact on US fresh water supply, prompting researchers to warn of severe shortages in the future.

04 Mar 2019

United States

Return of the milkman? How one grocery business is going packaging-free

New businesses are popping up delivering food to customers in reusable packaging - in a return to a model like traditional milk deliveries.

20 Feb 2019

Africa

In Ethiopia, climate change leads herders to retrain as farmers

A initiative which helps retrain Ethiopian herders to farm off the land is proving popular people in the country's Hamar region.

13 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This US state is turning millions of oyster shells into artificial reefs

The state of Louisiana has lost more than 4,700 square km of land since the 1930s, and it's feared another 5,800 square km could go in the next half century.

05 Dec 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Air pollution is the world's top killer, according to new research

Burning fossil fuels is shortening lives globally by almost two years, a new study has found.

21 Nov 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Caribbean states and Richard Branson have launched a green fund to fight disasters

The fund launched by Richard Branson and 26 countries and territories hopes to turn the region into a disaster-resilient green tech hub.

16 Aug 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Everyday plastics emit low levels of greenhouse gas, according to new research

Commonly used plastics release low levels of methane and etylene into the atmosphere.

06 Aug 2018

Education, Gender and Work

Climate change is increasing gender inequality

New research shows that women and children are the last to receive help in extreme weather events.

26 Jul 2018

European Union

Asylum seekers boost European economies. Here's how

Research has found they add to gross domestic products and boost net tax revenues.

22 Jun 2018

United States

American startups led by women receive a tiny portion of venture capital

New research shows the startling gender divide in investment in US startups.

26 Jul 2017

Environment and Natural Resource Security

These floating islands could fight the rise of sea levels

Floating islands could be used to help low-lying, small islands of the Pacific that are disproportionately at risk of losing land as sea level climbs.

23 Mar 2017