Food crises and political instability in North Africa and the Middle East
2011 paper correlates incidences of social unrest (as identified by news reports) with the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization global food price index.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of energy and the environment
2011 paper correlates incidences of social unrest (as identified by news reports) with the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization global food price index.
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2010 report by the United States Office of Management and Budget on the financial costs and benefits of government regulations on the economy.
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2010 study by UCLA and Dartmouth College on how electricity prices, labor laws and environmental regulations affect where manufacturers locate.
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2008 study in Natural Hazards Review analyzing storm-related property damage figures adjusted for inflation, wealth and population factors over time.
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2006 study by the American Meteorological Society on the history of tornado reports in the United States since 1954 and current tornado activity patterns.
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2011 report by the Department of Interior based on data from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy.
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2011 study in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment on threats to the caribou population of Alberta’s oil sands region.
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2011 study in Archives of Internal Medicine on links between proximity to certain types of foods and health outcomes.
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U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report presenting the latest consensus science on temperature rise, its causes and future implications
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2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on patterns of food consumption and exercise and their lifetime effects on body weight.
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