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Cattle farming expansion and unchecked climate change would expose more than 1 billion cows to heat stress
Livestock farming will become increasingly difficult in many tropical countries if emissions remain high – but rapidly cutting emissions and limiting cattle expansion would reduce the impacts by 50-84%. More than 1 billion cows around the world will experience heat stress by the end of the century if carbon emissions are high and environmental protection […]
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IOP Publishing and the University of Texas System drive forward open access to North American research with new transformative agreement
The University of Texas System (UT System) – one of the US’s largest public university systems – have established a three-year transformative agreement (TA) with society publisher IOP Publishing (IOPP). The agreement between IOPP and the UT System allows affiliated researchers to publish unlimited OA articles in IOPP’s journals and most partner journals with the […]
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Carbon emitting ecosystems and how open access makes research more equitable, transparent, and impactful
Our study indicates a tipping point in the next few decades, where the Arctic-Boreal area in North America, which is full of coniferous forests, mires and lakes will start to emit carbon rather than absorb it. This information is crucial for policymakers who need to take action to mitigate climate change. Our work research evaluates […]
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IOP Publishing hosts Environmental Research 2023 - a month of online events to unite global environmental experts in climate action
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is launching Environmental Research 2023, a series of free-to-attend virtual events which will take place from 16 October through to 23 November. The series will bring leading environmental experts together to exchange knowledge and address crucial challenges related to the environment and sustainability. Aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), […]
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IOP Publishing introduces free ethics statement checker to support authors and speed up the submission process
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has partnered with TaskAdept, a leader in improving publication ethics by driving forward standards of ethics and data statements with a free online ethics statement generation tool: EthicsGen. The tool supports authors to create correctly worded ethics statements to speed submissions through peer review and match the statement criteria of an author’s […]
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Over one million acres of tribal land submerged by dams in the US
Dam constructions have flooded over 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the US contributing to the historic and ongoing struggle against land dispossession for Indigenous peoples in the United States. New research, published in Environmental Research Letters, has identified that a region of tribal land larger than the state of Rhode Island has been […]
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The cost of climate change: 2°C global warming target is not economically reasonable unless we make major changes
Climate change goals set out in the Paris Agreement are only economically reasonable if non-market factors such as human health and loss of biodiversity are prioritised, according to a new study published by Dr Taikan Oki, former Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University headquartered in Japan, in IOP Publishing’s academic journal Environmental Research Letters. A […]
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How Hearing Impairment in Infants Can Impact Language Development
Hearing impairment can affect children’s ability to develop language and speech skills. Several diagnostic tests are required to determine the extent of hearing impairment in infants, leading to delays. Now, researchers from Australia have conducted non-invasive measurements of the brain activity of infants, to map the changes in connectivity between different language areas over time. […]
