New Report Maps Ambitious Covid-era Efforts Around the World to Save Journalism
Jan 27 2021 (IPS) - In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists everywhere are feeling the consequences; job cuts, layoffs and closures have swept the world.
Philanthropists, journalism organizations, economists and governments have come up with solutions to address this financial devastation, some calling for greater collaboration among these groups. In a new report from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, “Saving Journalism: A Vision for the Post-Covid World,” we analyzed initiatives around the world that hope to save the industry.
Our research noted renewed interest in government and Big Tech funding news and an emphasis on preserving what exists rather than starting up new outlets that may not survive.
Glass frogs that live near loud streams add to mating calls with the flap of a hand, a wave of a foot, or a bob of the head to attract a mate, a new study shows.
Researchers have documented these frogs that “dance” near rushing streams where noise can obscure those crucial love songs in the rainforests of India, Borneo, Brazil, and, now, Ecuador.
Conservation ecologist Rebecca Brunner, a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered that the glass frog
Sachatamia orejuela can join the list of species that make use of visual cues in response to their acoustic environments. This is the first time researchers have observed a member of the glass frog family (
Alexander Forryan
New research has unlocked the mystery of how the Galápagos Islands, a rocky, volcanic outcrop, with only modest rainfall and vegetation, is able to sustain its unique wildlife habitats.
The Galápagos archipelago, rising from the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean some 900 kilometers off the South American mainland, is an iconic and globally significant biological hotspot. The islands are renowned for their unique wealth of endemic species, which inspired Charles Darwin s theory of evolution and today underpins one of the largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Marine Reserves on Earth.
Scientists have known for decades that the regional ecosystem is sustained by upwelling of cool, nutrient-rich deep waters, which fuel the growth of the phytoplankton upon which the entire ecosystem thrives.
Findings among children in Amazonian Ecuador offer insight into the relative importance of diet versus energy expenditure for rise in obesity WACO, Texas.
Traditional Shuar lunch items
(Photo by Samuel Urlacher)
Active rural Shuar child (Photo by Samuel Urlacher)
Baylor University anthropologist Samuel Urlacher, Ph.D.
(Photo by Matthew Minard, Baylor University)
Jan. 19, 2021
Findings among children in Amazonian Ecuador offer insight into the relative importance of diet versus energy expenditure for rise in obesity
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WACO, Texas (Jan. 19, 2021) Variation in consumption of market-acquired foods outside of the traditional diet but not in total number of calories burned daily is reliably related to indigenous Amazonian children’s body fat, according to a study led by Baylor University that offers insight into the global obesity epidemic.