Preventing wildfires: Effectiveness of fuel treatment in forests
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.
Environment
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of energy and the environment
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Prevalence, severity and distribution of childhood food allergies in the United States
2011 study in the journal Pediatrics on the scope of food allergies among U.S. children.
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Displaced and dispossessed of Darfur: Explaining sources of genocide
2011 report in the British Journal of Sociology on underlying and environmental factors that fueled the mass killing in Darfur.
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Population of gray catbirds in the suburban matrix
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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Body norms and fat stigma in global perspective
2011 study by Arizona State University published in Current Anthropology how body norms and fat stigma are evolving worldwide.
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U.S. EPA: Energy-efficiency limits by housing location, type
2011 report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on how building location factors into the total cost of household energy use.
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Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations
2011 study by Cornell University on uncounted greenhouse gas impacts of unconventional extraction and hydraulic fracturing.
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Traffic congestion and infant health: Evidence from E-ZPass
2011 study in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics on reduced auto pollution through electronic tolls and effects on fetal health outcomes.
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Environmental and energy research websites
Compendium of websites with more information on environment, energy, climate and sustainability issues
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Climate impacts of land-use change in China
2009 study by the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research and the China Meteorological Administration on the climate impacts of land-use change in China.
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