Ecological tipping point: 5+ El Niño events per century
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Anthropologists discovered a frequency threshold causes dramatic changes in marine and terrestrial eastern Pacific ecosystems, and offers a look into our future.
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Climate change induced refugee crisis, chronic war, in ancient Peru
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Their findings suggest that climate change has the potential to harm all populations, either directly or indirectly, through destabilization and refugee crises.
Read MoreFriendships in the Utah State Legislature
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When collaborating outside their social circles to enact policies, Utah state legislators tend to build enduring bipartisan relationships.
Read MoreClimate drove 7,000 years of dietary changes
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Projected climatic changes will be essential to predict health and well-being for populations in the future.
Read MoreMegaherbivore extinctions and wildfires
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Loss of ancient grazers triggered a dramatic increase in fire activity across the world’s grasslands.
Read MoreIndigenous land-use reduced catastrophic wildfires on the Fish Lake Plateau
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U researchers found that 1,000 years ago, the Fremont used cultural burning to reduce the risk for large-scale wildfire activity in mountain environments.
Read MoreA reversal of Earth’s geomagnetic field
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Approximately 42,000 years ago the Earth’s geomagnetic field reversed, triggering dramatic climate shifts and fueling ecological change on a global scale.
Read MoreRestorative justice preferred among the Enga
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Advocates have called for a restorative justice system that repairs harm done to victims and reintegrates wrongdoers into society. The Enga of Papua New Guinea balance retribution and restitution.
Read MoreSilencing the booming chorus
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From 2007 to 2009, a yellow fever virus outbreak nearly decimated El Parque El Piñalito’s howler monkey populations. Exposure to a past virus may have aided brown howlers’ survival.
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