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Was the government correct to think that adherence would fall over time? Perhaps.
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May 19, 2020
Pep Canadell , CSIRO ; Corinne Le Quéré , University of East Anglia ; Felix Creutzig , Mercator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change ; Glen Peters , Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo ; Matthew William Jones , University of East Anglia ; Pierre Friedlingstein , University of Exeter ; Rob Jackson , Stanford University , and Yuli Shan , University of Groningen
New research reveals which sectors of the global economy fuelled the emissions decline during COVID-19. We have a narrow window of time to make the change permanent.
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May 19, 2020
Pep Canadell , CSIRO ; Corinne Le Quéré , University of East Anglia ; Felix Creutzig , Mercator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change ; Glen Peters , Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo ; Matthew William Jones , University of East Anglia ; Pierre Friedlingstein , University of Exeter ; Rob Jackson , Stanford University , and Yuli Shan , University of Groningen
Una nueva investigación analiza los sectores económicos responsables de la caída global de emisiones debida a la COVID-19. Tenemos una pequeño margen de tiempo para hacer el cambio permanente.
Le 11 mai 2020, à Saint-Malo, marquage d’une piste cyclable.
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May 19, 2020
Pep Canadell , CSIRO ; Corinne Le Quéré , University of East Anglia ; Felix Creutzig , Mercator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change ; Glen Peters , Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo ; Matthew William Jones , University of East Anglia ; Pierre Friedlingstein , University of Exeter ; Rob Jackson , Stanford University , and Yuli Shan , University of Groningen
De tout récents travaux du Global Carbon Project montrent dans le détail les effets de la pandémie et du confinement sur l’économie mondiale.
Cholera would often turn its victims’ skin a bluish grey.
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There is a sad precedent of pandemic disease threatening the residents of care institutions – and of authorities not heeding the dangers.
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Tiny parts of our genome once thought useless are being turned into ways to diagnose and treat disease.
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There is abundant evidence that a sudden loss of smell is related to COVID-19.
Mona monkeys are among the many species often hunted for food.
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Illegal wild animal meat is found in cities right across the world and poses a very real threat of infecting people.
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As governments race to revive economic growth, expect a bonfire of green tape.
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There is spare testing capacity. Why isn’t it being used?
Plague sufferers being disinfected in Karachi, 1897.
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Racism against fellow Indians and classism against the poor characterised India’s early response to coronavirus, that is reminiscent of British imperial public health policies.
Stay at home measures were introduced in Japan in mid April.
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An erratic response to coronavirus shows how Japan’s domestic policy is out-of-sync with its desired global image.
Health workers walk from house to house during vaccination campaign against polio in Kano, northwest Nigeria in 2017.
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Interventions seen to originate in the West frequently spark suspicion in northern Nigeria.
It can be difficult to keep up with the changing advice.
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Many governments and health organisations have been reviewing their advice on face masks – here’s why.
Anosmia is sometimes also a symptom with the common cold, another type of coronavirus.
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Researchers are currently looking into these reports to confirm whether loss of smell is an early indication of COVID-19.
1.3 billion people in India are in lockdown.
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With 1.3 billion people in India under lockdown, how will it affect women, particularly those in rural areas?
Members of parliament keep their distance from each other in the House of Commons chamber.
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Should parliament close because it’s important or stay open because it’s important?
Ruth Stuart, the filmmaker of To Egypt and Back with Imperial Airways (1933)
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There are many gems of female filmmaking in the archives that have been overlooked and should be made accessible to contemporary audiences
Benny Gantz: due to be named prime minister-designate.
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s rival, Benny Gantz, has improved his chances of becoming prime minister of Israel.
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There are good reasons to call off a vote during a pandemic – but other good reasons to push ahead.