Wuhan’s lockdown cut air pollution by up to 63%
As large parts of the world almost stopped as a result of the corona virus, greenhouse gas emissions of COâ‚‚ fell sharply. Some days in April, global emissions…
Lord of the Flies real-life story shows how humans are hard-wired to help each other
A still from the 1963 film of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. British Lion Film Corporation Vittorio Bufacchi, University College Cork…
Dementia: eating plenty of apples, berries, and tea linked to lower risk
Flavonoids are a group of compounds found in almost every fruit and vegetable. leonori Eleftheria Kodosaki, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Keith Morris,…
Timeline: Trump’s Coronavirus Response
More than 90.000 deaths The USA now has more than 90.000 deaths from the coronavirus while South Korea has 263, both countries…
As we celebrate Norway’s Constitution Day – May 17. A dirty green shift is reshaping our Nation
by Laila Haukeland, Hosteland translated by Bergensia from original in Norwegian at KSU.no Our National Costume and wind power Imagine you are looking at a tree, where the…
First they came . . .
“First they came …” is the poetic form of a prose post-war confession first made in German in 1946 by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984). It…
The killing of Ahmaud Arbery highlights the danger of jogging while black
Footage captured the last moments of Ahmaud Arbery’s life.Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Youtube   Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland Unsteady cellphone footage follows a…
London becomes the world’s first national park city, committed to giving people access to nature
The launch of London as a national park city shows how a grassroots campaign with strong leadership can tap into the enormous…
Coronavirus closures could lead to a radical revolution in conservation
Animals in national parks are sometimes harassed by tourists. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) James Stinson, York University, Canada and Elizabeth (Libby) Lunstrum, Boise State University In the early days…
India uses coronavirus pandemic to exploit human rights in Kashmir
Omer Aijazi, University of Toronto The United Nations has called for an immediate global ceasefire to “put armed conflict in lockdown” and…
