By Jerome Lorenz, Biology Researcher, Florida International University
The gradual return of flamingos to Florida coincides with long-term efforts to restore the Everglades and the state’s coastal ecosystems.
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By Cassandra Mudgway, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury
Online abuse designed to humiliate, coerce or silence women and minority politicians is taking its toll. With a general election next year, the rules have to change.
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International, Peace Brigades International and Front Line Defenders will be closely monitoring the sentencing this week of Indigenous land defenders who have been criminalized by Canada for protecting unceded Wet’suwet’en Territory against the construction of a fossil-fuel pipeline. A delegation of representatives from Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking section, the organization’s Americas Regional Office, and […] The post International human rights organizations to monitor sentencing of Indigenous land defenders criminalized by Canada appeared first on Amnesty International.…
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By Rick Thoman, Alaska Climate Specialist, University of Alaska Fairbanks
‘As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,’ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.
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By Joseph Mellors, Research Associate in Management and Marketing, University of Westminster
If you ask an AI service like ChatGPT or Google Gemini to recommend a destination for your next summer holiday, it will happily provide you with a list of attractive destinations. But many of them will be very familiar.
Paris, Venice, Santorini and Barcelona are all likely to feature, because the AI algorithm is nudging you towards the same old places. The illusion of personalised advice is what makes people less likely to question it – and why AI risks intensifying overtourism.
And the…
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By Colleen Murrell, Chair of the Editorial Board, and Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University
The world’s media are currently busy recording the tales of released Israeli hostages, freed Palestinian prisoners and their families after a ceasefire came into effect for the war in Gaza. But they are doing so while still being held at a distance from the centre of the story.
Foreign journalists have been banned by Israel from entering the Gaza Strip independently since the start of the war. And senior members of the international media are not optimistic…
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By Todd Landman, Professor of Political Science, University of Nottingham
Vicky Brotherton, Head of Policy Engagement and Impact, University of Nottingham
How many people in the UK are victims of modern slavery? At present, we don’t actually know. There is no consensus on the answer to this question, despite the wide interest in finding it, and the tools and data to do so.
Over a decade ago, before the passage of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015, data analysts estimated that there were between 10,000 and 13,000 victims of modern slavery in the UK. Since then, there have been four further estimates between 2014 and 2023, ranging from…
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By Marie Inger Dam, Researcher, Biotechnology, Lund University
A single “sexy” gene could help us combat one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests. By deleting the gene that lets female moths produce their mating scent, colleagues and I created an “unsexy” moth – and showed one way to turn insect attraction into a powerful pest control tool.
You’ve probably seen moths flittering around a bright lamppost on a balmy summer night. Those same insects, in their larval form, are the worms that burrow into your apples and peaches, making them serious…
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By Laura Standen, Doctoral Researcher, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London
Suzanne Scott, Professor of Health Psychology and Early Cancer Diagnosis, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London
Brain tumours are rare, but their early signs are easy to mistake for stress, tiredness or the menopause. Researchers explain what to look for – and why it matters.
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By Julia Shaw, Research Associate, Criminal Psychology, UCL
After years of trying to understand the minds of people who hurt others, I have recently turned my attention as a criminal psychologist from violent crimes to the less well-known world of green crime.
While researching for my new book, Green Crime: Inside the Minds of the People Destroying the Planet and How to Stop Them, I wanted to understand those who pose a threat to us on a much larger scale, at times even an existential level. Why do people choose to destroy the Earth and what can we do to stop them?…
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