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The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on International Higher Education An article published in Geographical Research examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted international higher education and the mobility of students around the globe, noting that universities face the urgent task of reimagining alternative futures for themselves. While much hope is invested in vaccines, travel restrictions and health concerns may continue to hamper student mobility and encourage more remote learning. New study destinations, different modes of study, and partnerships with technology providers can be a...

Secondary Forest in the Tapajós region of the Brazilian Amazon Viola Heinrich Spatial patterns of secondary forest regrowth 19 March 2021 Large areas of forests regrowing in the Amazon to help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, are being limited by climate and human activity. Large areas of forests regrowing in the Amazon to help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, are being limited by climate and human activity. The forests, which naturally regrow on land previously deforested for agriculture and now abandoned, are developing at different speeds. ...

Population heatmap of Tehran Dark red and dark blue indicates higher and lower levels of population density, respectively. A person who owns a car or who has a college education may be less vulnerable to COVID-19, according to an analysis of cases in Tehran, Iran, one of the early epicenters of the pandemic. While such variables do not inherently lower a person’s risk, they do indicate an infrastructure of protection that persists despite how densely populated a person’s district might be. The international collaboration published their results on April 3 in Sustainable Cities and Society...

Arizona Corporation Commission compromises on power disconnection temps, dates ABC15 and last updated 2021-04-15 17:25:20-04 The proposed rules would give utilities two options for disconnection prohibition: No shutoffs between June 1 and October 15 or, No shutoffs on days forecasted to be above 95 degrees and below 32 degrees For the full breakdown on what happened in Wednesday's meeting, catch Courtney's report on ABC15 News at 6 p.m. A third option, which utilities had historically used, would have allowed them to choose heat warnings from the National Weather Service as a determinate of...

Arizona utility regulators still deciding how hot is too hot for shutoffs ABC15 and last updated 2021-04-13 22:22:05-04 The rules to standardize when state-regulated utilities can disconnect service during summer and winter weather has been discussed by the Arizona Corporation Commission for nearly two years. On Wednesday they are expected to discuss the topic again, and this time may even take a vote. But commission staff, consumer advocates and utilities still widely disagree on exactly how to determine which hot and cold days are too dangerous to cutoff electricity service. In proposed rul...