A case on expanded research agenda on social contracts is made, arguing they can help identify and then situate the competing interests, voices and expectations at work in adaptation decision-making – an understanding that could help improve the equity outcomes of negotiated and imposed risk management settlements.
The research reviewed from these social science disciplines highlights that among the key human factors contributing to climate change are the roles of and connections among economic conditions and development; demographic growth and changes; power, social stratification and inequality; technology; infrastructure; and land-use change.
The theoretical background to confront head-on the problem of data assimilation together with several examples of practical applications is provided.
Exploration of three exciting lines of inquiry – organized around the concepts of experimentation, horizontal coordination, and vertical integration – signalling the need for greater attention to the politics and power relations that are shaping the global urban response.
Ships’ logbooks dating back to the seventeenth century have helped scientists to capture different features of climate during the last centuries previously unknown.
How do most people adapt to floods? What do most people do to cope with heatwaves? Which strategies to adapt to any environmental shock or stress are most common and which most rare?
Researchers have identify a series of ‘Big Data Approaches’ (BDAs) with the potential to shed new light on the complexities and challenges surrounding coastal flood risk management.
An exploration of how travel can also be understood as something intimately connected to historic, economic and cultural influences.
A study recently published in WIREs Climate Change summarizes the findings of 39 empirical studies testing why people do not like carbon taxes.
As the home of the largest mangrove area in the world, Indonesia is a key player in the international blue carbon agenda. While it has over 22% of world’s mangroves, Indonesia is also facing rapid mangrove degradation.
Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
Scientists take a closer look at rare particles called hypernuclei
Researchers take a glimpse at the structure of rare tetraquarks
An anti-inflammatory peptide may hold the key to low-back pain relief
French WEST reactor breaks record in nuclear fusion
CERN scientists search for new physics in unusual energy patterns linked to hidden particles
Cutting out processed foods doesn’t automatically make a diet healthier
String theory provides a new take on the expansion of the Universe
Could a nuclear explosion set Earth’s atmosphere on fire?
New study reveals surprising impact of screen time on the developing brain