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Disasters

Kerala shows the risk of severe floods is still evolving

The #Kerala #flood #crisis is a timely reminder that #climate #change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of severe #flooding across the world.

08/22/2018 / The Conversation

Cities

Nairobi is planning car-free days. They could bring many benefits

Haneen Khreis, Texas A&M University and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Australian Catholic University Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, is the second most congested city in the world. To […]

07/16/2018 / The Conversation

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Data & Reports

Protecting young Indonesian hearts from tobacco

Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti, University of Sydney and Becky Freeman, University of Sydney The world’s second-largest market for tobacco after China, Indonesia is home […]

06/14/2018 / The Conversation

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Sustainable Business

Almost everything you know about e-waste is wrong

Josh Lepawsky Waste arises ubiquitously, but unevenly, throughout the lives of electronics, not only when users discard their devices. No amount of post-consumer recycling […]

05/16/2018 / The Conversation

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Climate

Half of Earth’s satellites restrict use of climate data

Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology Scientists and policymakers need satellite data to understand and address climate change. Yet data from more than half […]

04/27/2018 / The Conversation

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