“Extreme Temperature Fuel Online Hate Speech”: Study \
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“Extreme Temperature Fuel Online Hate Speech”: Study

08-Sep-2022
To arrive at these findings, the authors used a machine-learning approach to identify ca. 75 million English phrased hate tweets in a data set consisting of more than 4 billion tweets posted on Twitter in the USA between 2014 and 2020. Postdam: New study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate... The post appeared first on .
08-Sep-2022 International
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Living in timber houses will help save more than 100 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2100 \
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Living in timber houses will help save more than 100 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2100

03-Sep-2022
Postdam [Germany], September 3 (ANI): According to new research from Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), living in timber cities could reduce emissions.
03-Sep-2022 Environment
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How taxing the rich can help everyone \
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How taxing the rich can help everyone

23-Jun-2022
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Taxing rich people's gains from capital can help reduce inequality while keeping up overall prosperity - yet only with two conditions. First, the revenues from taxation must be invested in public infrastructure such as schools, public transport, or sustainable energy grids. Second, it must be fairly possible to replace machines with labour.
23-Jun-2022 Business
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Climate Economics: Policies change people \
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Climate Economics: Policies change people

09-Jun-2022
Potsdam [Germany], June 9 (ANI): The makers of climate policy should rethink about how people think. A team of researchers led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) shows that abiding by climate-friendly policies actually changes the way people think about what they do. People's preferences are more dynamic than textbook economics often assumes.
09-Jun-2022 Environment
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Here’s how greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced \
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Here’s how greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced

16-May-2022
Potsdam [Germany], May 16 (ANI): According to a study by a team of Potsdam scientists, global food system needs to be transformed in order to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
16-May-2022 Science
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Fungi-based meat alternatives to help save Earth’s forests \
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Fungi-based meat alternatives to help save Earth’s forests

04-May-2022
Potsdam [Germany], May 4 (ANI): Substituting just a fifth of meat from cattle with microbial protein, a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks, by 2050 could halve deforestation.
04-May-2022 Science
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Amazon rainforest reaching a tipping point: Study \
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Amazon rainforest reaching a tipping point: Study

08-Mar-2022
Studies say the Amazon rainforest is approaching a “tipping point” where trees will begin to die in large numbers. As per a new study, the world’s largest rainforest is losing its ability to recover from droughts, fires, and deforestation. Large swaths of land might become sparsely wooded savannahs. It is significantly less effective at taking […]
08-Mar-2022 World
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Green Electricity can become cheapest energy by 2050, says study \
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Green Electricity can become cheapest energy by 2050, says study

26-Nov-2021
Potsdam [Germany], November 26 (ANI): Cost-slashing innovations are underway in the electric power sector and could give electricity the lead over fossil-based combustion fuels in the world's energy supply by mid-century, according to Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
26-Nov-2021 Science
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