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CEE PhD student Shannon Plunkett finds the most valuable tool in designing mercury studies in the Amazon to be a long-held—and expanding—Duke network

Unsustainable palm fruit harvesting turns Peru palm swamp peatlands into net emitters

Panama City, Sep 27 (EFE).- Environmental defenders from Latin America and the Caribbean have called for greater protection and a “voice” in the face of the violence they suffer in the region during the opening of the second annual Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Panama. “We ask that they listen to …

The concessionaire system in Peru is managed by the Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Infraestructura de Transporte de Uso Público (OSITRAN), which oversees investments in transportation infrastructure, while the electrical system is administered by the Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Energia y Minería (OSINERGMIN). Both of these regulatory agencies supervise joint ventures that […]

Ben Davis on recent art highlights: Michael Rakowitz's meta-monument, Metjames Matson's alter, Sara Flores's kene experiments, more.

Funding announced in the same week as the UK government watered down key domestic climate policies

Joint statement related to the Climate Mobilisation Forum on 21 September 2023.

The Department of Medicine in the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont seeks a full time, tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant Professor level. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Population Health or equivalent degree in related fields such as Epidemiology, Psychology, Public Health, or Data Science.

Read an in-depth review of the ‘Crystal Symphony’ cruise ship from the newly relaunched Crystal, which tour operator A&K purchased in 2022.

Six Covid cases recorded after activists warn of risk of repeating previous pandemics of viruses brought by outsiders