United Nations IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change
U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report presenting the latest consensus science on temperature rise, its causes and future implications
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of energy and the environment
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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2011 study by the American Association of Wine Economists on accuracy of stated levels of alcohol content in wine and the possible role of climate change.
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Report by the U.N. Environment Program and World Meteorological Organization on the impact of black carbon and other substances on the climate and health.
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Report in the journal Appetite on the results of two studies on people’s attitudes toward sweet flavors and the impact of sugary drinks on taste preferences
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2011 report from U.S. Forest Service on tree- and plant-thinning techniques used to reduce the chances of intense wildfires breaking out and spreading.
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2011 study in the journal Pediatrics on the scope of food allergies among U.S. children.
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2011 report in the British Journal of Sociology on underlying and environmental factors that fueled the mass killing in Darfur.
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Study by researchers at Towson University and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute on survival rates and causes of death of gray catbirds.
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2011 study by Arizona State University published in Current Anthropology how body norms and fat stigma are evolving worldwide.
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