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High-tech fishing gear could help save critically endangered right whales

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Michael Moore, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Hannah Myers, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Many fish, marine mammals and seabirds that inhabit the world’s oceans are critically endangered, but few are as close to the brink as the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Only about 411 of these whales exist today, and at their current rate […]

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Study: As Airbnb grows, this is exactly how much it’s bringing down hotel prices and occupancy

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Tarik Dogru, Assistant Professor of Hospitality Management, Florida State University Airbnb has grown exponentially since its founding in 2008 and is expected to soon go public in an initial public offering that would rank it among the world’s most valuable hotel companies. In fact, U.S. consumers spent more money on Airbnb last year than they […]

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Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census would cost some states their congressional seats

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Dudley Poston, Texas A&M University A partisan battle is brewing over the 2020 census. In March 2018, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross instructed the U.S. Census Bureau to add a new question to the 2020 questionnaire, asking respondents whether they were citizens of the U.S. This decision led to a host of legal challenges. Social […]

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Toward a circular economy: Tackling the plastics recycling problem

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Margaret Sobkowicz, University of Massachusetts Lowell Why has the world continued to increase consumption of plastic materials when at the same time, environmental and human health concerns over their use have grown? One answer is they are immensely useful to humankind, and despite problems they create, they have provided countless benefits. They are used to […]

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If you recycled all the plastic garbage in the world, you could buy the NFL, Apple and Microsoft

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This story was written by Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis, for The Conversation.(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) This year, I served on the judging panel for The Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year. On Dec. 18, we announced the winner: 90.5 […]

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Climate change resilience could save trillions in the long run – but finding billions now to pay for it is the hard part

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This story was written by David L Levy, Professor of Management, Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness, University of Massachusetts Boston. This article is republished from The Conversation.Read the original article. Is your city prepared for climate change? The latest National Climate Assessment paints a grim future if U.S. cities and states don’t […]

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How Hanukkah came to America

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This story was written by Dianne Ashton, Professor of Religion, Rowan University.This article is republished from The Conversation. Read the original article. Hanukkah may be the best known Jewish holiday in the United States. But despite its popularity in the U.S., Hanukkah is ranked one of Judaism’s minor festivals, and nowhere else does it garner such attention. […]

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Awareness of food waste can help us appreciate holiday meals

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The article is written by Bryce Hannibal, Research Scientist and Lecturer, Texas A&M University.This article is republished, with permission, from The Conversation.Read the original article. Americans celebrate the winter holidays in many ways, which typically include an abundance of food, drinks, desserts – and waste. Food waste is receiving increasing attention from managers, activists, policymakers and […]

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