By Emma Despland, Concordia University | – The climate and biodiversity crises we have been experiencing for the past few decades are inseparable. The scientific research presented at the back-to-back international summits on climate and biodiversity held in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt and in Montréal, Canada, respectively, has made this abundantly clear. Addressing these crises […]
How Putin’s War and small Islands are accelerating the global Shift to Clean Energy, and What to Watch for in 2023
By Rachel Kyte | – (The Conversation) – The year 2022 was a tough one for the growing number of people living in food insecurity and energy poverty around the world, and the beginning of 2023 is looking bleak. Russia’s war on Ukraine, one of the world’s largest grain and fertilizer feedstock suppliers, tightened global […]
Ukraine war: Putin has been weaponising energy for years, here’s what to look out for next
By Thomas Froehlich, King’s College London | – Not since the 1970s oil crisis has the west seen such a focus on energy security. Suddenly in 2022 it became a critical part of the battle for Ukraine. Russian attacks on energy facilities have left millions of Ukrainians without power during a freezing winter. Since it […]
Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins could be Extinct by 2100 – and other Species may follow if we don’t act
By Jasmine Lee, Queensland University of Technology; Iadine Chadès, CSIRO; and Justine Shaw, The University of Queensland | Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and the populations of up to 97% of land-based Antarctic species could decline by 2100 if we don’t change tack, our new research has found. The study, published […]
Are China’s increasing Economic ties with the Gulf states reducing the West’s Sway in the Middle East?
By Emilie Rutledge, The Open University | – At the end of November 2022, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak announced that the “golden era” between Great Britain and China was over. China may not have been too bothered by this news however, and has been busy making influential friends elsewhere. In early December, Chinese president […]
How Female Iranian Activists use powerful Images to Protest oppressive Policies
By Parichehr Kazemi, PhD Candidate, University of Oregon | – (The Conversation) – Images of unveiled Iranian women and adolescent girls standing atop police cars or flipping off the ayatollah’s picture have become signature demonstrations of dissent in the past few months of protest in Iran. Mass protests in Iran over death of Mahsa Amini […]
Soccer Champion Lionel Messi’s Black Cloak: a brief History of the Honorary Bisht
By Pardis Mahdavi, The University of Montana | – Shortly before Lionel Messi took to the stage to lift up the World Cup trophy, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani put a black cloak, called a “bisht,” over the Argentinian soccer star’s shoulders. Images of Messi wrapped in black fabric, which might have […]
2022’s US Climate Disasters: A Tale of too much CO2, Too much Rain – and too Little
By Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton | – The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and storms – and also for its extreme heat waves and droughts, including one so severe it briefly shut down traffic on the Mississippi River. During a period of five weeks over the summer, […]
What the criminal referral of Trump means – a constitutional law expert explains the Jan. 6 committee action
Margaret M. Russell, Santa Clara University | – After 18 months investigating, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol held its final public meeting on Dec. 19, 2022. The panel recommended that the U.S. Department of Justice bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his […]
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