A study led by Marc Guinjoan, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the UAB, with researchers Toni Rodon of the UPF and Joel Ardiaca of the UB, reveals that citizen support for climate policies depends largely on how the costs, benefits and redistributive effects are communicated. The research, published in the journal West European Politics and based on two experiments using representative samples of the Spanish population, explains why specific climate measures face backlash despite widespread public acceptance of the need to fight climate change.
An international team of volcanologists working on Carlingford Mountain has found that liquid "magma chambers" do not always exist beneath volcanoes. The team instead demonstrated that magma "plumbing systems" beneath Earth's surface can fluctuate between solid- and liquid-dominated states, providing an improved view of how active volcanoes evolve through time.
The Success of ‘The Odyssey’ Sends a Message About What Movie Lovers Want to See (And Make) Filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has made over $700 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest grossing movie of the year after only 12 days in theaters. It was also the fastest movie to reach 1 million watched on Letterboxd, doing so in only six days after its release.
The Central West Astronomical Society of New South Wales marks its annual AstroFest with an amateur photography competition. Every year, the Central West Astronomical Society (CWAS) of New South Wales celebrates AstroFest, a festival of astronomy during which amateur photographers and scientists from around the globe are invited to submit their best views of the night sky and beyond.
The modern workday unfolds largely indoors. Long hours spent commuting, sitting in meetings and staring at screens can make time outdoors feel like a luxury. Finding time for nature in an already packed workday can feel impossible, especially if you think nature only "counts" when it involves hiking boots and camping gear.
Gillian Anderson Announces LEGO‘s New ‘The X-Files’ Set Packed With Easter Eggs Pop culture is experiencing a wave of 90s nostalgia. And to those who lived through this era, few things brought as much excitement and entertainment as The X-Files. The beloved series ran from 1993 through 2002, becoming a global sensation for its unique blend of science fiction, mystery, and suspense.
Set against uninterrupted backgrounds, metallic portraits float almost deity-like amid vibrant color. The artist also presents the mask-like faces from different vantage points, sometimes with incredible eyelashes, whether peering directly at the viewer or positioned in regal profile.
What's the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: Do we protect forests entirely, or harvest trees to support local economies and communities?
In just five years, solar, wind, and batteries overtook fossil fuels, keeping air conditioners running while slashing pollution. It’s hot. Fans and air conditioners are humming in homes, offices, commercial buildings, and factories.
Become a Walking Art Museum When You Carry These Artist-Inspired Tote Bags Elevate your everyday accessories when you become a walking art museum. It’s now easier than ever thanks to LOQI’s collection of art-inspired bags.
From knife-crime prevention to mental health support, grassroots football is being taken seriously as a tool for social change Leicester Nirvana FC’s Ivan Liburd has seen first-hand what grassroots football can do for young people at risk of being drawn into serious crime.
Up until a few years ago, Jodi Whitt’s trips to the Shawnee County jail in Topeka, Kansas, began with an arrest and an anxious wait in a bare intake cell for up to 72 hours. Her incarcerations lasted 30 days or so, until an abrupt release without resources or support.
240 years ago today, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect by Robert Burns, the National Poet of Scotland, was published in Kilmarnock. It was a hit, and catapulted him to Scottish Stardom. Among the collection is one of his two most famous poems, To a Mouse, which is actually called To a Mouse, on turning up her
Happy Eco News Portland Clean Energy Fund Raises $1 Billion for Climate Action and Community Resilience The Portland Clean Energy Fund has generated $1 billion through a tax on large retailers, funding community solar projects, more than 20,000 cooling units, energy retrofits for thousands of homes, and clean-energy job training.
Poxviruses have a long history in human disease as well as medicine: The first-ever vaccine was developed to protect against smallpox, which has since been eradicated. Despite this, scientists still don't fully understand how poxviruses infect and replicate inside our cells. Recent outbreaks of mpox highlight an urgent need to better understand poxvirus biology.
For Jeri Cormack, climbing towering spiral staircases and braving howling storms are all in a day’s work. The 28-year-old is the newest and youngest retained lighthouse keeper for the Northern Lighthouse Board, which maintains more than 200 lighthouses across Scotland and the Isle of Man.
The 118-track collection is the most complete set ever compiled of recordings by American blues icon Ma Rainey Audio engineers and music historians have restored and compiled the most complete selection to date of the music of Gertrude “Ma” Rainey.
It’s been almost 20 years since Argentina launched what was at the time the world’s first attempt at reintroducing the giant anteater to a landscape it had disappeared from. 19 years later, and the initiative has been nothing if not successful, with the local population growing from 0 to around 200 individuals. La Fundación Rewilding
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have recovered and analyzed the first ancient smallpox virus genomes ever identified in the Americas, providing the strongest direct evidence to date that the disease was introduced through European colonization.
The duo aims to raise awareness of biodiversity and conservation by evoking a sense of wonder similar to what we feel in nature. From meticulously cut and painted pieces of paper, realistic birds emerge amid foliage and forests in compositions by The Paper Ark .
Henderson also captures the changing light and the otherworldly textures and ochres of the iconic rock. , preserving a little more than 1,300 acres around the 867-foot-tall column of igneous rock. Amid the rolling hills of the plains, it can be seen from miles around, and it’s been a sacred site and gathering place for myriad Indigenous American tribes, who refer to it by names like Bear Lodge or Bear’s House.
Biosphere reserves help curb deforestation in the Western Amazon and, taken together, have prevented the loss of more than 7,400 square kilometers (2,900 square miles) of forest over the last two decades compared with similar scenarios without this protection status. This is demonstrated by a study conducted by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Spain, which presents the first systematic assessment of the effectiveness of Amazonian biosphere reserves in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru in deterring deforestation.
A woman was able to help a partially disabled airport worker retire after she witnessed him hobbling across the tarmac on a flight out of Los Angeles. Heartbroken watching him limp up to the plane she was sitting on, she captured a video of the man for her TikTok account and posted it with a
1,300+ Hand-Colored Wildlife Illustrations Now Available in The Naturalist’s Library Digital Archive An endless list of information about nature and wildlife is now at our fingertips, but this was not always the case. In the Victorian era, The Naturalist’s Library was one of the main sources of information about the natural world.