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Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind, Harvard University Press, 2023 The premise behind Scarcity, a new book by two historians at US universities, is…

By AFP American teenager Coco Gauff shrugged off disruption from climate protesters to reach the US Open final on Thursday as Aryna Sabalenka survived a huge scare to stay on course for a second Grand Slam title. A…

Women faculty are more likely to leave academia than men faculty throughout all career stages in U.S. universities, University of Colorado Boulder researchers revealed in the most comprehensive analysis of retention in academia to date. The…

As Amazon and other big businesses ramp up efforts to reduce their carbon footprint, they're putting pressure on their suppliers to do the same, and those who don't may pay a big price.Starting in 2024, Amazon will require suppliers to…

When three fifth-graders in Washington state sat down to make a podcast, they didn’t have to look far to find a good topic. “Wildfires are a problem and they’re dangerous,” they say in their podcast from Chautauqua Elementary School, on…

In 2020, Lowe Family Wine Company, a winery, vineyard and farm in Mudgee, NSW, lost their entire vintage to smoke from nearby bushfires. They started hosting weddings officially that same year, something Lachlan Garland, the company’s…

Two years after the remnants of Hurricane Ian dumped up to 10 inches of rain on New York City in just two hours, the metropolis is once again inundated today by extreme rainfall. It is one of the many cities worldwide grappling with a…

By: Naomi Stern, Federation of American Scientists Environmental Sustainability and Infrastructure Impact Fellow, U.S. Department of Education This September, I had the honor of participating in the 2023 Green Strides Tour in…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Aniruddha Ghosal And Victoria Milko Published Sep 27, 2023  •  5 minute read Article content Hanoi, VIETNAM (AP) — The urgency…

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “Climate…