By Meelan Thondoo, University of Cambridge; Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Australian Catholic University; and Tamara Iungman, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) | – (The Conversation) – Urban development leads to fewer shaded areas and more heat-absorbing paved surfaces. Cities tend to be warmer than their rural surroundings as a result, a phenomenon known as the urban […]
$1 trillion in the Shade – the annual Profits that Multinational Corporations shift to Tax Havens continues to Soar
By Ludvig Wier, University of Copenhagen and Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley | – (The Conversation) – About a decade ago, the world’s biggest economies agreed to crack down on multinational corporations’ abusive use of tax havens. This resulted in a 15-point action plan that aimed to curb practices that shielded a large chunk […]
How Dangerous are the Chemicals Released in the Palestine, OH, Derailment?
Several cars that contained hazardous chemicals burned after the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University (The Conversation) – Headaches and lingering chemical smells from a fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have left residents worried about their air and water – and misinformation on social media hasn’t […]
The Importance of Addressing Institutional Islamophobia: Intelligence Agencies use Lazy Stereotypes
By Baljit Nagra, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Paula Maurutto, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – There has been an uproar recently among politicians who have called for the resignation of Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia. The position was created in January 2023 to address the longstanding discrimination, hate […]
Russia announces its suspension from last Nuclear Arms Agreement with the US, escalating Nuclear Tension
By Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – (The Conversation) – After decades of progress on limiting the buildup of nuclear weapons, Russia’s war on Ukraine has prompted renewed nuclear tensions between Russia and the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual State of the Nation […]
China Dominates Solar and Wind Energy: Can the U.S. and Europe Finally Catch Up?
By Michael Jacobs, University of Sheffield | – Climate change policy has entered a new era. The growing row between the United States and the European Union over the impacts of the new American green subsidy regime makes that all too clear. Yet in many ways, this story is ultimately about China. For the last […]
Turkish President Erdoğan’s grip on Power threatened by devastating Earthquake
By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – The earthquake that struck Turkey on Feb. 6, 2023, is first and foremost a human tragedy, one that has taken the lives of at least 45,000 people to date. The disaster also has major implications for the country’s economy – the financial loss from the […]
Turkey’s historic city of Antakya, the Roman Antioch, has come back from powerful earthquakes in the past – and rebuilt itself
By Christine Shepardson, University of Tennessee | – Tens of thousands have died and millions have become homeless in southern Turkey and northern Syria after the massive 7.8 earthquake that struck on Feb. 6, 2023. But the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, known in Roman and medieval times as Antioch, has been here before. In […]
Why does Turkey want other Countries to start Spelling its Name ‘Türkiye’?
By Phillip M. Carter, Florida International University | – Is Turkey’s recent spelling change about being more authentically Turkish? Or is there more to the story? In June 2022, the United Nations agreed to change the spelling of the country known in the English-speaking world as Turkey to Türkiye, heeding a request by the government […]
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