Topic: Culture & Society

In a recent research project, participants were more critical of couples when the female partner was dominating. When the roles were switched, even though having the exact same conversation, participants reported that they liked the couple.

Silence may be more golden for women, suggests a new study at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, which found that couples were judged to be less likeable when the woman was more verbally assertive.

The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) says warming seas, over-fishing and pollution are among profound concerns that must be better measured to help society respond in a well-informed, timely and cost-effective way.

Speedy diagnosis of the temper and vital signs of the oceans matters increasingly to the well being of humanity, says a distinguished partnership of international scientists urging support to complete a world marine monitoring system within 10 years.

Understanding the history of how humans have interacted with the rest of nature can help clarify the options for managing our increasingly interconnected global system.

A better more sustainable and desirable future requires humans to learn from past interactions with the environment. Multidirectional connections have been created throughout time from human reactions to change. For example, extreme drought triggered both social collapse and revolutionary systems of water management through irrigation. An article in the current issue of AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment studied the historical significance of human interaction with nature.

The Kyoto Protocol might have been flawed, writers say, but it was a good beginning. What is needed now is for us to roll-up our sleeves and get to work fixing this problem.

A new study shows that long-term climate change may ultimately lead to wars and population decline. The study, published November 19 in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), revealed that as temperatures decreased centuries ago during a period called the Little Ice Age, the number of wars increased, famine occurred and the population declined.

Climate change may be one of the most significant threats facing humankind. A new study shows that long-term climate change may ultimately lead to wars and population decline.

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A new study in PNAS shows that reduced agricultural productivity caused by climate change triggers wars
and population decline.

The Ginger Ninjas kick off the Pleasant Revolution, leave their Northern California homes, bound for the South of Mexico on a 5,000 mile human powered concert tour; Band will tour by bicycle, carry their instruments and new 1000-watt human powered sound system.

Hey ya'll! We're outta here. Wanna come along? Following a whirlwind odyssey on the Clif Bar's 2-Mile Challenge, The Ginger Ninjas, along with Shake Your Peace!, photographers, journalists, radio programmers, and a slew of road warriors, are laying rubber to the road.

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Mass of bicycles.

There are some interesting tidbits on this significant holiday of the year—Thanksgiving! Some are fun to note, while others would be a tad helpful to improve your general knowledge. But for one, you’ll thoroughly enjoy the Thanksgiving trivia that follows. So enjoy and share some trivia today!

What comes to your mind when you think of Thanksgiving? The big fat golden-brown turkey? Grandma's pumpkin pie? Or the oh-so-nice cranberries and corn-on-the-cob? Well well, all these ARE a major part of the Thanksgiving holiday. But there's even more to this wonderful occasion of Thanksgiving! The holiday of Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the beauty and bounty around us, our marvelous friends and family, the gift of their love and many more such good things that we are thankful for ! Celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November, the spirit of Thanksgiving Day sets the tone for a grand and joyous season. Now share some interesting trivia associated with the Thanksgiving holiday. Like most trivia, the Thanksgiving trivia is just as much a fun read. Check these out:

It's too easy to think of climate change in the abstract, without considering the impact that rising temps have on people's lives. Here in the West, it's also much too easy to see the results of global warming as a mere inconvenience. In the third world, the effects can be devastating.

A new tool from WWF allows people around the world to document first-hand the impacts of climate change on their communities and livelihoods, from melting glacial lakes in the Himalayas threatening to flood Sherpa villages to rising sea levels in the Pacific putting fishermen out of business. Through the Climate Witness Program, WWF collects testimony from citizens in vulnerable areas, verifies it with leading climate scientists and then shares it with the world.

From the frequency with which we laundry to the fabrics we choose to wear, global warming will have an impact.

Climate change will have a profound effect on clothes and fashion, changing styles, fabrics and laundering, says a University of Maryland expert.

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Jimmy Carter and his famous cardigan.

Sociologist Andrew Szasz, author of "Shopping Our Way to Safety," says that "buying green" offers little real defense against environmental hazards.

Like a marketer's dream come true, Americans have responded to environmental hazards by shopping, as if buying bottled water and organic vegetables will protect them and their loved ones.