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Greening initiatives in the Middle East can leverage urban infrastructure to enhance sustainable water use
Large-scale afforestation is championed as a way to restore degraded habitats, conserve biodiversity and advance societal improvements. In the Middle East, a severely water-stressed region, we argue that urban greening will need to play a major part in efforts to deliver a more sustainable and water-sensitive strategy, while also enhancing urban liveability. Over the past…
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A snapshot of 2023
As we close volume 5 of Nature Reviews Physics, here are some highlights of the past year. A Nature Reviews journal is more than a collection of high-quality review and commentary articles: we strive to provide context and highlight important topics for our community. Here are some of the themes from this year. Artificial intelligence.…
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How language can be a path away from neo-colonialism in geoscience
Dismantling oppressive colonial structures and challenging institutionalized racism are vital actions needed to preserve the integrity of future research. This stems from the deep-seated framework in which research, including geoscience, is conducted: colonialism and colonial thinking1. This thinking regards places like Africa, Asia and South America as vast, homogenous, un- or sparsely inhabited, so-called ‘terra…
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Why the geosciences are becoming increasingly vital to the interpretation of the human evolutionary record
Abstract Advanced geoscience techniques are essential to contextualize fossils, artefacts and other archaeologically important material accurately and effectively. Their appropriate use will increase confidence in new interpretations of the fossil and archaeological record, providing important information about the life and depositional history of these materials and so should form an integral component of all human…
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Gary Siddall will take reins as president & CEO of Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
Gary Siddall (Submitted photo) Thu, Nov 30th 2023 07:55 pm Committee to be formed by Aquarium of Niagara to search for new leader The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (BSNS) board of managers on Thursday announced the appointment of Gary Siddall as president and CEO. Siddall, who is currently president and CEO of Aquarium of…
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Interference in science: scientists’ perspectives on their ability to communicate and conduct environmental research in Canada
Research instruments Consent form CONSENT FORM [REB #2021-5630 v1.0. Approved June 23, 2021] Who is conducting this study? This research study is being conducted by Manjulika E. Robertson (MES Candidate) and Dr. Alana Westwood (Assistant Professor) at the School of Resource and Environment Studies at Dalhousie University. The research is primarily funded by Dalhousie University…
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Psychological inoculation strategies to fight climate disinformation across 12 countries
Abstract Decades after the scientific debate about the anthropogenic causes of climate change was settled, climate disinformation still challenges the scientific evidence in public discourse. Here we present a comprehensive theoretical framework of (anti)science belief formation and updating to account for the psychological factors that influence the acceptance or rejection of scientific messages. We experimentally…
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Author Correction: Thymic mimetic cells function beyond self-tolerance
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06512-8 Published online 6 September 2023 After publication of this article, we noted that the IgM–/– mouse strain used in experiments reported in Fig. 4j and Extended data Fig. 7l was incorrectly referenced in the Methods. The IgM–/– mouse strain purchased from The Jackson Laboratory and used in our study was 002288…
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Woodland Dunes names next executive director to follow Jim Knickelbine, who is retiring
TWO RIVERS — Sue Crowley has been named the next executive director for Woodland Dunes Nature and Center and Preserve. She will follow in the footsteps of Jim Knickelbine, who is retiring at the end of the year after lead the popular nature center for 19 years. Crowley will assume the role Jan. 1, 2024.…
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Nature is more important than ever to realizing climate goals at COP28
Natural climate solutions include conserving tropical forest and ocean ecosystems. Photo: Eisenlohr, iStock This blog was co-authored by Britta Johnston, Senior Policy Analyst for Natural Climate Solutions at EDF. Heading into COP28, nature as a climate solution has been making headlines, and rightfully so. Sustainably conserving, restoring, and managing the world’s ecosystems is one of…