Newswise — Positive tipping points must be triggered if we are to avoid the severe consequences of damaging Earth system tipping points, researchers say. With global warming on…
Read more Triggering positive points crucial for climate crisis resolution.Newswise — Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers to feed their chicks, new research shows. White-browed sparrow weavers live in family groups in which…
Read more Birds in the desert lay bigger eggs with increased helpers.Newswise — The new Global Plastics Treaty must tackle the problem at source, researchers say. An international negotiation meeting (INC-3) in Kenya begins on Monday, aiming to further…
Read more Plastics treaty: Cut pollution at sourceNewswise — A new study by an international team from Africa, Asia and Europe has put forward three criteria for evaluating the success of migration as adaptation in…
Read more Migrating for Climate Change Success?Newswise — The study by the University of Exeter, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and published in Psychology of Women Quarterly, discovered that seeking justice by…
Read more Silent struggles: Barriers to reporting sexual harassmentNewswise — Noise from human activities is harming ocean invertebrates and ecosystems, new research shows. Scientists reviewed hundreds of studies on the impact of noise on marine invertebrates (such…
Read more Noise harming ocean invertebrates and ecosystemsNewswise — A simple 19th Century tool is still useful to ocean scientists in the age of satellites, new research shows. A Secchi disk – historically called a “dinner plate”…
Read more 19th Century ‘dinner plate’ still useful in ocean scienceNewswise — Any attempts to build peace in Syria must address the factors which led to the country being a failed state before civil war began, research says.…
Read more Syria peacebuilding efforts must address causes of the country’s “failed” stateNewswise — Social cohesion and connection decline in an ageing population, according to a new study of one of humanity’s closest relatives. For decades, researchers have been observing…
Read more Cohesion and connection drop in ageing populationNewswise — A damselfly species that came to the UK from Europe poses a minimal risk to native damselflies and dragonflies, new research shows. As tens of thousands of…
Read more New damselfly sharing habitat with UK nativesNewswise — “Volunteers” tasked with enforcing the Chinese Communist Party’s zero-covid policies have suffered from stress and anxiety, a new study shows. Having to act as a “buffers”…
Read more Chinese Communist Party zero-covid “volunteers” have suffered from stress and anxiety, study showsNewswise — Mental health services in rural areas need urgent attention to ensure the needs of farmers are properly met, according to researchers. Farmers facing worsening mental health…
Read more Mental health support for farmers needs radical overhaul, say researchersNewswise — There is currently relatively little objective evidence that the much-promoted “learner-centred” approach to teaching is effective, according to new research. Learner centred pedagogy is designed to…
Read more Little objective evidence to show effectiveness of learner-centred teaching methods, study warnsNewswise — A desire to succeed despite adversity motivates people to pursue a legal career, but barriers caused by finances and careers advice are obstacles, a new study…
Read more Ambition to succeed despite adversity motivates people from diverse backgrounds to pursue legal careers, study showsNewswise — A team at the University of Exeter has shown experimentally for the first time, that hoverflies migrating during the spring orientate north. In late spring earlier this…
Read more Researchers find first evidence that hoverflies migrate north in springNewswise — Health, care and social services should be designed to be more sensitive to the shame felt by their clients, patients and service users, experts have said.…
Read more Health, care and social services should be designed to be sensitive to people’s shame, experts urge
