new research shows just how valuable social actions (however easy) can be
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As likely as non-social media promoters to donate
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More than four times as likely to encourage others to sign a petition or contact political representatives
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Science must guide us towards a more sustainable future - SciDev.Net - 0 views
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As economists in these countries struggle to handle vast deficits, they need reminding that the easy credit which, in part, led to the debt crisis, has fuelled a rapacious consumerism that has exacerbated the environmental crisis.
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strengthening science advisory mechanisms and local governance.
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for example, by establishing effective technology transfer mechanisms to get novel solutions to the marketplace where they can be disseminated, and by taking measures to fill the gap if the market fails.
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Climate Change, Extreme Weather Linked In Studies Examining Texas Drought And U.K. Heat - 0 views
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"Currently, attribution of single extreme events to anthropogenic climate change remains challenging,"
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Attribution is possible, they said, as long as it is framed in terms of probability, rather than certainty. So instead of saying climate change caused a heat wave, researchers could gauge how much more or less likely the heat wave was in a world where the climate is changing