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“#Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, Trump: The risks and rewards of corporate activism” Dozens of companies have recently expressed support for Black Lives Matter. Credit: Jessica Felicio via unsplash, CC BY-SA Companies and CEOs are increasingly wading into political issues. My latest research suggests that such corporate activism can come with high costs if it…
“#Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico’s population will last for decades, study shows” Homes lay in ruin as seen from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Black Hawk during a flyover of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria September 23, 2017. Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Kris Grogan Life for the people…
“#How Rwanda extracts methane from Lake Kivu for electricity” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Lake Kivu lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. It’s almost the size of Mauritius and has a maximum depth of 480 meters. Lake Kivu also stores huge amounts of methane gas which Rwanda is extracting…
“#Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of ethics” by Anthony Capon, Arunima Malik, David Pencheon, Helga Weisz and Manfred Lenzen, The Conversation </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/healthcareha.jpg” data-sub-html=”Credit: Shutterstock” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/healthcareha.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of…
“#Ending ‘streaming’ is only the first step to dismantling systemic racism in Ontario schools” Will de-streaming lead to the equity education that Black parents and community members have long sought? Credit: Unsplash Last week, the Ontario government announced its plan to end streaming in Grade 9, something Education Minister Stephen Lecce acknowledged is a “racist,…
“#Humans are encroaching on Antarctica’s last wild places, threatening its fragile biodiversity” Since Western explorers discovered Antarctica 200 years ago, human activity has been increasing. Now, more than 30 countries operate scientific stations in Antarctica, more than 50,000 tourists visit each year, and new infrastructure continues to be developed to meet this rising demand. Determining…
“#Solar Orbiter gives scientists unprecedented look at Sun” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists said Thursday they had obtained the closest ever images taken of the Sun as part of a pan-European mission to study solar winds and flares that could have far-reaching impacts back on Earth. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter blasted off from…
“#Greater flood risks in the coastal region of China due to slower tropical cyclone movement” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study led by the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has revealed that the observed average moving speed (or translation speed) of tropical cyclones making landfall over the coast of China dropped…
“#Russian wildfire smoke choking Siberian cities” A heatwave caused by changing climate in northern Siberia has contributed to the severity of fires this year Smoke from raging forest fires in Siberia was filling cities Thursday as officials scrambled to prevent the flames from reaching homes. More than 100 firefighters and volunteers were trying to douse…
“#Spacewalking astronauts closing in on final battery swaps” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A pair of spacewalking astronauts tackled the final set of battery swaps outside the International Space Station on Thursday. NASA’s Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy ventured out on their third spacewalk over the past few weeks. They needed to remove six more old…