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World Development News

March 7, 2017

New Mechanism Stops Tsunamis in Their Tracks

Global Economic Downturn Linked to Cancer Deaths

Globally, More Obese Than Underweight

Severe Water Stress Likely in Asia by 2050

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Should We Commit to Eradicate Malaria Worldwide?

Mar. 3, 2017 — Should we commit to eradicate malaria worldwide? For the author of a new report, eradication is the only equitable and sustainable ... read more

Global Vaccine Injury System Needed to Improve Public Health

Feb. 23, 2017 — A global vaccine injury compensation system administered through the World Health Organization would address the global public health issue of vaccine injuries, experts ... read more

Current Climate Change Models Understate the Problem, Scientists Argue

Feb. 8, 2017 — A new study on the relationship between people and the planet shows that climate change is only one of many inter-related threats to the Earth's capacity to support human ... read more

Increasing the Water Table in Agricultural Peatland Could Hold Key to Reducing UK's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Feb. 6, 2017 — Increasing the water table in agricultural peatland could hold key to reducing UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, ... read more

Closer Look at What Caused the Flint Water Crisis

Feb. 1, 2017 — Flint, Michigan, continues to grapple with the public health crisis that unfolded as lead levels in its tap water spiked to alarming levels. Now the scientists who helped uncover the crisis have ... read more

Nanoparticle Fertilizer Could Contribute to New 'Green Revolution'

Jan. 25, 2017 — The 'Green Revolution' of the '60s and '70s has been credited with helping to feed billions around the world, with fertilizers being one of the key drivers spurring the agricultural boom. But in ... read more

Affordable Water in the US: A Burgeoning Crisis

Jan. 12, 2017 — If water rates continue rising at projected amounts, the number of US households unable to afford water could triple in five years, to nearly 36 percent, finds new ... read more

Global Habitat Loss Still Rampant Across Much of Earth

Dec. 7, 2016 — Habitat destruction still far outstrips habitat protection across many parts of the planet, reports an international team of researchers. The new study reveals more than half ... read more

Marine Incentives Programs May Replace 'Doom and Gloom' With Hope

Nov. 28, 2016 — Incentives that are designed to enable smarter use of the ocean while also protecting marine ecosystems can and do work, and offer significant hope to help address the multiple environmental threats ... read more

Yesterday's Silk Road Could Be Tomorrow's Environmental Superhighway

Nov. 4, 2016 — While China is building a gigantic modern-day upgrade of the famed ancient Silk Road resplendent in global cooperation in the name of economic expansion, a group of ... read more

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March 7, 2017

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Untapped Potential for Ugandan Beekeepers

Mar. 6, 2017 — Despite the large economic potential for honey production, many beekeepers in Uganda fail to produce and market enough honey to make a living from it. ... read more

Climate Research Needs Greater Focus on Human Populations

Mar. 1, 2017 — How climate change will affect future populations will depend to a great extent on people's capacity to adapt to changing conditions. Such characteristics can be forecast in the long term, using ... read more

Using Statistics Ethically to Combat 'a Scientific Credibility Crisis'

Feb. 19, 2017 — Can statistics increase the value of science to ... read more

Early Warning System Flags Global Financial Crises

Feb. 14, 2017 — Researchers have developed a new 'early warning system' that could help policymakers around the world take action to avert or lessen the impact of financial ... read more

Mobile Phone and Satellite Data to Map Poverty

Feb. 7, 2017 — An international team has, for the first time, developed a way of combining anonymized data from mobile phones and satellite imagery data to create high resolution maps to measure ... read more

Aftershock Nepal: Changing Perceptions Through Student Journalism

Feb. 6, 2017 — When the earthquake hit Nepal in 2015, the newspapers were full of stories of the tragic event, the devastation left following the natural disaster, and the heroic clean-up effort on the ground. Less ... read more

Trees Supplement Income for Rural Farmers in Africa

Jan. 23, 2017 — Trees may be easy to spot on the plains of Africa but they are often overlooked as a source of income for farmers. A new study shows trees on farms may help reduce rural poverty and maintain ... read more

Elephant Poaching Costs African Economies $25 Million Per Year in Lost Tourism Revenue

Nov. 1, 2016 — In Africa, tens of thousands of elephants are killed by poachers each year. Now a new study shows that this poaching crisis costs African countries around $25 million annually in lost tourism ... read more

Perceptions of Tap Water Quality Linked to PTSD in Flint, Michigan, Residents

Nov. 1, 2016 — The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, increased the stress levels of community residents, according to new ... read more

Scientists Root for More Cassava Research to Help Meet Greater Demand for Food

Oct. 25, 2016 — Global food demand is expected to grow by 110 per cent over the next 30 to 35 years, and for many of the poorest people on the planet, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, cassava is the most ... read more

Report Reveals a Big Dependence on Freshwater Fish for Global Food Security

Oct. 24, 2016 — Freshwater fish play a surprisingly crucial role in feeding some of the world's most vulnerable people, according to a new ... read more

The Fight Against Deforestation: Why Are Congolese Farmers Clearing Forest?

Oct. 21, 2016 — Only a small share of Congolese villagers is the driving force behind most of the deforestation. They're not felling trees to feed their families, but to increase their quality of life. These ... read more

Risk Analysis for Common Ground on Climate Loss and Damage

Oct. 20, 2016 — The Paris Agreement included groundbreaking text on the need for a mechanism to help identify risks beyond adaptation and support the victims of climate-related loss and damage--but how exactly it ... read more

Amazon Fishery Management Provides Rare 'Win-Win' Chance for Conservation and Poverty Alleviation

Oct. 20, 2016 — A study into freshwater lake management along the Amazon’s most meandering river has demonstrated astounding benefits to local livelihoods in replenishing vitally important fish stocks — a source ... read more

Drought-Tolerant Species Thrive Despite Returning Rains in the Sahel

Oct. 19, 2016 — Following the devastating droughts in the 70s and 80s in the Sahel region south of the Sahara desert, vegetation has now recovered. What surprised the researchers is that although it is now raining ... read more

Future of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas at Risk

Oct. 13, 2016 — Antarctica's surrounding waters are home to some of the healthiest marine ecosystems on Earth and support thriving populations of krill, seabirds, fish and whales. But efforts to establish a ... read more

Climate Change May Help Ethiopia, Increase the Country's Access to Water

Oct. 12, 2016 — Despite the many disastrous impacts of climate change, there are some regions of the globe that might benefit from hotter temperatures. A team of researchers have predicted that water availability in ... read more

Climate Change Jigsaw Puzzle: Antarctic Pieces Missing

Sep. 28, 2016 — A shift in westerly winds, which has led to climate impacts in Australia and the Southern Ocean, is human-induced, new research suggests. To date, limited data on Antarctic climate has meant that ... read more

Addressing Climate Change as a Social Issue

Sep. 20, 2016 — We cannot rely on governments, businesses or the public to adopt technological solutions to solve the problem of climate change, instead, social solutions must be put in place, according to ... read more

Climate Change Means Land Use Will Need to Change to Keep Up With Global Food Demand, Say Scientists

Sep. 20, 2016 — Without significant improvements in technology, global crop yields are likely to fall in the areas currently used for production of the world’s three major cereal crops, forcing production to move ... read more

Monday, March 6, 2017

Untapped potential for Ugandan beekeepers

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Climate research needs greater focus on human populations

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Using statistics ethically to combat 'a scientific credibility crisis'

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Early warning system flags global financial crises

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Mobile phone and satellite data to map poverty

Monday, February 6, 2017

Aftershock Nepal: Changing perceptions through student journalism

Monday, January 23, 2017

Trees supplement income for rural farmers in Africa

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Scientists root for more cassava research to help meet greater demand for food

Monday, October 24, 2016

Report reveals a big dependence on freshwater fish for global food security

Friday, October 21, 2016

The fight against deforestation: Why are Congolese farmers clearing forest?

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Drought-tolerant species thrive despite returning rains in the Sahel

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Future of Antarctic marine protected areas at risk

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Climate change may help Ethiopia, increase the country's access to water

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Climate change jigsaw puzzle: Antarctic pieces missing

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Neglected tropical diseases: Progress towards addressing the chronic pandemic

Monday, September 12, 2016

Global food security aided by combining different methods

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Experts urge a defensive stance in efforts against antimicrobial resistance

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Do teachers' climate change beliefs influence students?

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Recessions are harmful to health

Thursday, August 25, 2016

World Risk Report 2016: Inadequate infrastructure pushes up the risk of disaster

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Climate change: Trade liberalization could buffer economic losses in agriculture

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Biological invasions threaten developing countries

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Scientists combine satellite data, machine learning to map poverty

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Historically robust natural ecosystems could collapse due to climate change, human activity

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Monday, July 25, 2016

Monday, July 18, 2016

Poor African-American men have lowest likelihood of overall survival

Friday, July 15, 2016

Global experts call on UN to mobilize a global action plan to widen access to antibiotics

Monday, July 11, 2016

Engineers selected to safeguard and develop China's sustainable agriculture

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Viral hepatitis kills as many as malaria, TB or HIV/AIDS, finds study

Monday, June 27, 2016

Europe: Don't adopt Australian style immigration system, warn ethicists

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Study investigates why blacks have higher risk of cognitive impairment

Friday, May 27, 2016

Expert urges voluntary family planning to mitigate climate change

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Unmet surgical needs high for world's 60 million refugees

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Paris climate agreement cannot be met without emissions reduction target for agriculture

Monday, May 16, 2016

Poor countries to bear brunt of climate change despite emitting least carbon dioxide

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Friday, May 6, 2016

Team highlights ways to address global food system challenges

Monday, May 2, 2016

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Milestone in the battle against arsenic- and fluoride-contaminated drinking water

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Landscape ecology must play a role in policymaking

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Global snapshot of indigenous peoples health released

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Grassroots tactics could improve global environmental policies

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Global studies reveal health financing crisis facing developing countries

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Despite being 'the biggest threat facing humanity' climate change and its impacts fail to make headlines, says study

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Monday, April 4, 2016

Monday, March 7, 2016

Urgent need to transform key food producing regions in Africa by 2025

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Fuel or food? Study sees increasing competition for land, water resources

Monday, February 29, 2016

NASA data used to track groundwater in Pakistan

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Exide lead contamination levels measured in Vernon

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Soilless farming suggested as a solution to food shortage in Qatar

Monday, February 15, 2016

Four billion people affected by severe water scarcity

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Does living near an oil or natural gas well affect your drinking water?

Thursday, February 11, 2016

First nationwide survey of climate change education

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Inland fisheries determined to surface as food powerhouse

Monday, February 8, 2016

Agricultural policies in Africa could be harming the poorest

Friday, February 5, 2016

Secondhand smoke: Nations producing less greenhouse gas most vulnerable to climate change

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Syrian aid: Lack of evidence for 'interventions that work,' say researchers

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Study shows direct link between state spending habits, AIDS deaths

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

National politics shape the impacts of park law enforcement

Monday, February 1, 2016

US Forest Service releases findings on the effects of drought for forests, rangelands

Monday, January 25, 2016

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Social media technology, rather than anonymity, is the problem

Monday, January 18, 2016

Environmental policy behind imbalance in phosphorus, nitrogen levels of the North Sea

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Deep poverty puts young children at risk for poor health, development

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Monday, January 4, 2016

Worldwide electricity production vulnerable to climate and water resource change

Monday, December 28, 2015

Researchers link climate-induced disasters, food security across time, place

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Our water pipes crawl with millions of bacteria

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Fracking plays active role in generating toxic metal wastewater, study finds