By Elisenda Ballesté, Profesora agregada en Microbiologia, Universitat de Barcelona
After heavy rain, Spanish cities often awaken to refreshed air and clean streets, while the rainwater itself vanishes into storm drains along with everything it swept away. Under the ground, however, a very different story unfolds.
Once rainwater enters the sewerage network, it mixes with domestic waste water: everything that goes down shower, kitchen and bathroom drains, and toilets. This water carries fecal matter and bacteria, along with toilet paper, cleaning products, and many, other things.
If everything works as it should, these waters flow through sewerage pipes…
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By Giray Gozgor, Associate Professor of Economics & Finance, School of Management, University of Bradford
Erhan Kilincarslan, Reader in Accounting and Finance, University of Huddersfield
This autumn, the cost of gas and electricity for a typical UK household is expected to rise from £1,663 to £1,723 a year.
The change, due to higher wholesale gas prices, will be easy enough to spot on a household bill. But those rising costs can also affect people in less obvious ways, through the price of a coffee, for example, or a pub lunch or haircut.
That’s because the energy price cap – which limits the unit rates suppliers can charge – applies only to households…
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By Jennifer M.T. Magel, PhD candidate, Conservation Decisions Lab, University of British Columbia
Tara Martin, Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia
Shorebirds undertake some of the world’s most impressive migrations — but as sea levels rise, the habitats that they depend on are expected to shrink.
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By Sheri Adekola, Sessional Instructor, Migration and Labour Markets, University of Guelph
Canada is recruiting internationally educated health professionals to help address health-care workforce shortages, while governments are also trying to make it faster and easier for newcomers to have their qualifications recognized.
The 2025 federal budget proposed $97 million over five years, beginning in 2026–27, for the Foreign Credential Recognition Action Fund focused…
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By Robi Morder, Chercheur Associé au Laboratoire Printemps, UVSQ/Paris-Saclay, co-président du Groupe d'études et de recherches sur les mouvements étudiants (Germe), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay
Student outcry against the limited means of France’s education system is nothing new, but the global context and the nature of the movement which began in the suburbs are, and so is the government’s initial, confrontational reaction.
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By Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Professor of Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
Fashion lovers are generally associated with bursting wardrobes and chasing the latest trends. But that reputation is beginning to shift.
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By Josephine Bourner, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, Russia, has died just days after falling ill with an undisclosed illness.
While reports of suspected plague have been circulating in the media, Russia’s consumer health watchdog has described the illness as pneumonia of unknown cause. The World Health Organization also stated the official…
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By Seth T. Kannarr, Visiting Honors Lecturer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Derek H. Alderman, Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
Katrina Stack, Assistant Professor of U.S. Public History, University of South Florida
Articles published in The Conversation go well beyond academics writing for a general audience – they can also serve as great content for educators to use in the classroom.
Our recent article in the academic journal The Professional Geographer explores how articles from The Conversation provide opportunities for public storytelling and authentic learning in university classrooms.
As geographers and experienced writers for The Conversation – having written or co-written 26 articles…
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By David Lees, Reader in French Studies, University of Warwick
The student demonstrations that have spread across France in recent weeks are not unprecedented. Indeed, commentators have been quick to point to comparisons with the events of May and June 1968, where, at their peak, more than 10 million students and workers took to the streets.
In 1968, as now, there were legitimate reasons for protest. The unrest began at the Nanterre campus of the University…
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By Shannon D. M. Moore, Associate professor of social studies education, Department of Curriculum Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
Jennifer Watt, Associate Professor of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, University of Manitoba
Allegations of sexual assault at Cornell University, and the public response to them, reveal persistent misunderstandings about consent, bystander responsibility and sexual violence.
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