Monday, 08 December 2025

Urban areas more likely to have precipitation-triggered landslides, exposing growing populations to slide hazards

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 150 views | 0 comments

Urban areas may be at greater risk for precipitation-triggered landslides than rural areas, according to a new study that could help improve landslide predictions and hazard and risk assessments. Researchers found that urban landslide hazard was up to 10 times more sensitive to variations in precipitation than in rural areas.

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Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 184 views | 0 comments

The incredible stress parents experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative effect on the eating habits of their children, according to a new study.

Tags: Children , Panda

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Exposure to childhood adversity is linked to early mortality and associated with nearly half a million annual U.S. deaths, study finds

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 152 views | 0 comments

The findings of a new study suggest that childhood adversity is a major contributor to early and preventable causes of mortality and a powerful determinant of long term physical and mental health. Researchers found that childhood adversity is associated with elevated risk for chronic disease including heart disease and cancer.

Tags: Cancer

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Ground-breaking trial prevents loneliness among older people during Covid pandemic

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 148 views | 0 comments

A simple form of talking therapy, delivered by trained support workers over the telephone, reduced loneliness in older people left isolated during the pandemic, the initial results of a new study has revealed.

Tags: Panda , Workers

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Mixed results from sage grouse hunting restrictions

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 171 views | 0 comments

Wildlife agencies throughout western North America have set increasingly more conservative harvest regulations over the past 25 years to conserve sage grouse, with mixed results for bird numbers.

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Source: www.sciencedaily.com

How recovery from COVID-19's impact on energy demand could help meet climate targets

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 190 views | 0 comments

The pandemic-related drop in greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 was likely the largest on record in a single year, but how our recovery might affect future emissions is less clear. New modeling examines alternative scenarios and how they could impact climate mitigation targets.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Nearly 6 million children are driven into severe hunger by the hot, dry shifts of a strong el Niño

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 153 views | 0 comments

Up to three times more children suffer severe hunger with each El Niño than from COVID-19. El Niño events provide a snapshot of the future under climate change and chronicle the lack of proactive policy action even when climate events are predictable.

Tags: Children , Climate change , Police

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Deaths linked to ‘hormone disruptor’ chemical costs billions in lost US productivity

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 154 views | 0 comments

Daily exposure chemicals called phthalates, used in the manufacture of plastic food containers and many cosmetics, may lead to roughly 100,000 premature deaths among older Americans each year, a new study shows. The resulting annual economic burden is between $40 billion and $47 billion, a value more than quadruple that of previous estimates.

Tags: Chemicals , Economy , Lost

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Link between COVID vaccination and reduced household transmission, Swedish study finds

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 148 views | 0 comments

People without immunity against COVID-19 were at considerably lower risk of infection and hospitalization as the number of family members with immunity from a previous infection or full vaccination increased, according to a new study from Sweden.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Evacuation during and after the 2018 Montecito debris flow

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 173 views | 0 comments

A new study speaks to the importance of public awareness programs in keeping residents -- and emergency management offices -- informed about rare but potentially lethal natural events in their area.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Excess deaths in people with mental health conditions increased during the COVID-19 pandemic

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 168 views | 0 comments

The greater number of deaths amongst those with mental health conditions and intellectual disabilities has been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study based on more than 160,000 patients has revealed.

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Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Physics meets democracy in this modeling study

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 160 views | 0 comments

A study leverages concepts from physics to model how campaign strategies influence the opinions of an electorate in a two-party system.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Air pollution caused 1.1 million deaths across Africa in 2019

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 206 views | 0 comments

Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 million deaths across Africa in 2019, with household air pollution accounting for 700,000 fatalities, while increased outdoor air pollution claimed 400,000 lives.

Tags: Africa , Air pollution

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Climate change literacy lessons from Africa

Added: 08.11.2021 21:37 | 153 views | 0 comments

Addressing the climate crisis will require cooperation on a massive scale, but to accomplish this, people need to know what specific challenges lie ahead and how to best move forward. Across the globe, people are facing the effects of the climate crisis, yet many are still unsure how, and even if, they can address it.

Tags: Climate change

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Securing data transfers with relativity

Added: 06.11.2021 16:20 | 162 views | 0 comments

To counter hacking, researchers have developed a new system based on the concept of 'zero-knowledge proofs', the security of which is based on the physical principle of relativity: information cannot travel faster than the speed of light. Thus, one of the fundamental principles of modern physics allows for secure data transfer.

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Source: www.sciencedaily.com

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