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What fish redistribution in the Mediterranean is telling us about species’ climate resilience

Over the past twenty years, nearly half of commercially important Mediterranean fish species have shifted their distribution due to climate change, causing marine species to move away from their historical locations. These significant changes in fish habits are expected to have a major impact on biodiversity, ecosystems and fishing opportunities.

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Eco-anxiety: how do young people relate to the climate crisis?

“Eco-anxiety” and “climate-anxiety” are the most widely known terms describing what people feel in response to being aware of the climate crisis.

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How biological invasions are silently remodelling ecosystems

Many of the most damaging invasions do not simply subtract species; they fundamentally remodel the environment, altering habitats, rewiring interactions and shifting processes in ways that species lists alone cannot reveal.

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Atmospheric dust: the overlooked suspect in urban air pollution

Cities are rapidly becoming the defining residential space of human life. Over 55% of the global population lived in urban areas in 2018, a proportion projected to reach nearly 68% by 2050, according to the United Nations (UN).

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Agriculture in Brazil: how land-use choices affect biodiversity and the global climate

Over the past 50 years, Brazil has emerged as one of the world’s agricultural giants. Becoming a leading global exporter of soybeans, beef, coffee and sugar has significantly boosted its economy and placed the country at the centre of the global food system. This agricultural development, however, has come at a…

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Higher education: why women in France are less likely to pursue science than men

Girls in France are much less inclined than boys to pursue scientific fields of study, and this is partly due to persistent gender stereotypes. But other factors also come into play. These explanations are based on a survey by the Chair for Women’s Employment and Entrepreneurship at Sciences Po.

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AI poses risks to national security, elections and healthcare. Here’s how to reduce them

Artificial intelligence has started to appear almost everywhere in our lives. We enjoy its benefits, such as the speedier discovery of new drugs, or the more personalised medicine that results from its amalgamation of data and expert judgement, often without realizing it. Generative AI, which enables the fast creation of…

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How to improve the monitoring of chemical contaminants in the human body

From pesticides in our food to hormone disruptors in our kitchen pans, modern life is saturated with chemicals, exposing us to unknown long-term health impacts.

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How high-latitude peat and forest fires could shape the future of Earth’s climate

Understanding how wildfires influence our planet’s climate is a daunting challenge. Although fire occurs nearly everywhere on Earth and has always been present, it is still one of the least understood components of the Earth system. Recently, unprecedented fire activity has been observed in boreal (northern) and Arctic regions, which…

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Sea-level rise: a new method to estimate the probability of different outcomes – including a worst case

Here is a depressing fact: over the coming decades, sea-level rise will continue to threaten ecosystems, communities and cities. No matter how quickly we reduce our carbon emissions, our past emissions commit us to ongoing sea-level rise, given the long-drawn-out impact of climate warming on the oceans and ice sheets.…

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Cloud-based computing: routes toward secure storage and affordable computation

Storing data in the cloud is now routine for people and companies alike, but cybersecurity risks still exist, particularly in handling user authentication and access control securely. Researchers are developing novel methods to store data securely and in a computationally affordable way, and to exploit it efficiently–by computing directly on…

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How solar storms play havoc with our lives

Despite the 150 million kilometres that separate it from the Earth, the Sun does more than just light our way: it also impacts our electricity networks, and even our transport.

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Burnt out? This is how your employer can help you return to work for the better

The working world can be a pitiless one, as competition in the marketplace can put significant pressures on employees. Relentless deadlines, shrinking resources and shifting priorities all take their toll on employees’ well-being and mental health. In my home country of Belgium, more than two thirds (66.4%) of individuals on…

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Why traditional cooking isn’t always healthier: the case of Ghanaians in Manchester and in Accra

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Why the Pyrenees’ mountain lakes are turning green

I first set foot in the Pyrenees in 2006. Two years later, I began a large-scale survey of mountain lakes and amphibian populations: from east to west, I covered more than 100 mountain lakes located in the eastern Pyrenees to the Béarn region (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

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Overcoming the climate crisis with trade-based strategies

Global warming is making weather patterns more extreme and increasing inequalities across regions. However, economic growth is still possible, with economies showing a range of responses to the impacts of global heating.

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The secrets to self-confidence, according to cognitive science

In 2019, 7.2% of people in the European Union suffered from chronic depression. The human – and economic – cost of this illness is considerable, which is why the European Commission unveiled a €1.23 billion mental health strategy in June, to be achieved through 20 flagship initiatives.

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Microplastics in the mud: Finnish lake sediments help us get to the bottom of plastic pollution

The sun is shining, and air feels surprisingly warm when we walk on a 35cm ice that covers a frozen lake in central Finland. The heavy sledges move nicely, because there is not much snow on the ice today. The journey isn’t far either, as we’re by the city of…

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France launches bird vaccination scheme, amid fears of a repeat of H5N1 outbreaks

Of all the recently emerging and potentially pandemic viruses, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 is one of the fiercest. First detected in Hong Kong in 1997, it spread to the rest of the world with a mortality rate of 60% when transmitted from birds to humans. The…

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Mental health: research reveals harrowing impact of traumatic material on crime investigators

Rape, murders, torture, arson, acts of terrorism and even genocide: if there is one thing police and justice staff know, it is that humanity’s cruelty and destruction knows few bounds. In their jobs, the professionals working to bring offenders to justice are routinely exposed to traumatic experiences through written witness…

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