By Ranjan Datta, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University
Jebunnessa Chapola, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary
What responsibilities do governments, researchers, humanitarian organizations, and corporations have for the conditions that repeatedly turn hazards into human catastrophes?
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By Stuart Dunning, Professor of Applied Geomorphology, Newcastle University
A group of 50 Himalayan hazard experts is providing rapid analysis of the event. Here’s what they’ve found so far.
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By Daniel Parsons, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, and Professor of Geosciences, Loughborough University
The devastating floods that have swept through the Nepal–Tibet border region are first and foremost a human tragedy. Hundreds of people have died or remain missing.
But as scientists begin to reconstruct what happened, the event also exposes something fundamental about the way we understand natural hazards in high mountain regions. Mountains and rivers do not reset after an extreme event. A landslide changes a slope. A flood rearranges a river. A retreating glacier exposes sediment and unstable ground. Each…
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By Marie Thompson, Senior Lecturer In Popular Music, The Open University
When Parton first signed to Monument records in 1965 at the age of 19, her high-pitched voice was considered incompatible with country.
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By Luna Khirfan, Associate professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
As many cities developed, streams that once flowed on the surface were buried underground to make way for growing infrastructure. However, as heavier rainfall, extreme weather and aging infrastructure place growing pressure on cities, these buried streams could become part of the solution.
Restoring streams to the surface — a practice known as stream daylighting — can help manage storm water, restore habitats and create greener, more walkable public spaces. But recognizing these benefits is easier than delivering a successful project.
Municipalities must find feasible sites,…
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By Kent Jones, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College
Trump’s use of a trade tool created during the Great Depression helped trigger a trade war between the two border countries, with few signs of de-escalation in sight.
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By Julia Cole, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Michigan
Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.
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By Paulo Caramelli, Médico neurologista. Professor titular da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Physical exercise, a proper diet, cognitive training, clinical monitoring, and socialization improve cognitive performance by 55% among older adults in Latin America.
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By Katie Pickles, Professor of History, University of Canterbury
Rolleston near Christchurch is rapidly expanding, with more fast-tracked development coming. It’s a far cry from the ‘town of the future’ planned in the 1970s.
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By Yanyan Hong, Lecturer (Common Core) & Communication, Media and Film Scholar, Adelaide University
The crudely animated film Niu Lai seemed destined for oblivion when it was released earlier this month. Now the whole world knows about it.
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