Aug. 24, 2017 – The intensification of winter storm activity in Alaska and Northwestern Canada started close to 300 years ago and is unprecedented in magnitude and duration over the past millennium, according to a new study from Dartmouth College. The research, an analysis of sea salt sodium levels in mountain ice cores, finds that […]
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The UN actually does prevent war, according to study of General Assembly votes
HANOVER, N.H. July 18, 2017 – The United Nations has been effective at suppressing conflict throughout its history, according to an analysis of more than 65 years of voting records conducted by Dartmouth College and The Ohio State University. The study presents evidence that the U.N. acts more than just a bystander on world events, […]
Roads are driving rapid evolutionary change in our environment
HANOVER, N.H. – Feb. 16, 2017 – Roads are causing rapid evolutionary change in wild populations of plants and animals according to a Concepts and Questions paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The paper is available now online in ‘early view’ ahead of being featured on the cover in the print edition […]