Research chat: Clay Shirky on press freedom in a global era
…the water and Plan B was needed. Plan B was hatched in the person of a man named Augustine Packington, who was a wealthy British Catholic merchant who signed up…
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Evaluating sugary drink nutrition and marketing to youth
…than 600 drinks with added sugar, including soda, fruit drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks, iced tea, and enhanced water, as well as diet energy drinks and diet children’s fruit drinks….
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IPCC: Climate change adaptation to reduce the risks of extreme events and disasters
…that has there has already been an increase in coastal high water extremes. Continuing increases in sea levels are “very likely” to contribute to upward trends in extreme coastal high…
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Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture
…irrigated conditions, but only 17% lower under rain-watered conditions. Under drought conditions, organic crop yields can surpass conventional ones: “Soils managed with organic methods have shown better water-holding capacity and…
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Hotspot of accelerated sea-level rise on the Atlantic Coast of North America
…than rising equally at all points around the globe, local sea levels can be higher or lower than the average depending on circulation patterns, water salinity, gravity effects, and the…
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Property values, parks and crime: An analysis of Baltimore
…low crime categories. Parks located near water also varied widely according to crime levels, “suggesting that [water] amenities do not always yield positive impacts on property.” The location of high-…
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Economic and social change in U.S. cities: Research roundup
…all sizes of parks in the high, medium, and low crime categories. Parks located near water also varied widely according to crime levels, “suggesting that [water] amenities do not always…
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Assessing the impact of training on lowland rice productivity in an African setting: Evidence from Uganda
…to water,” measured by both proximity to a water source and annual rainfall, “has a positive effect on the adoption of improved cultivation practices.” Similarly, those households with greater possessions…
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Does governmental incentives or economic growth stimulate green-building construction?
…and the Green Globes. An even more demanding set of standards, the Living Building Challenge, requires buildings to be self-sufficient in both energy and water. Keying off such programs, a…
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Human appropriation of global production in the 20th century
…burdens on already limited water supplies. (A wide range of global and national statistics and data-visualization tools are available on the organization’s FAOSTAT website, as well as from the World…
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