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As the impacts of climate change grow, society and people struggle to adapt to the challenges of the new reality. Change, however, is difficult, and adapting to new ways of life or new ways of doing business often requires a change in culture.
Examining how human culture evolves in response to a changing environment may help with creating more effective climate change adaptation efforts. Using farming data from across the U.S., a team of researchers from the University of Maine and the University of Vermont (UVM) conducted the first-ever study of cultural adaptation to climate change. They found that in many places in the U.S. farmers are already adapting to climate change by selecting crops that grow better in new conditions. Focusing on the process of cultural adaptation can improve research and policy to help adapt to a warming w...
Development replaces a 239-bed student accommodation block, which has been demolished
The 19th century Grimston Manor near York has gone up for sale for the first time in 40 years valued at £1.75 million. The six bedroom property comes with half an acre of grounds.
HISTORIC mansion Grimston Manor, two miles south of Tadcaster, between York and Leeds is up for sale