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How Do Climate Change Related Natural Disasters Potentially Increase the Risk of Armed Conflicts?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 10 mins
There is an extensive discussion about the connections between climate change related disasters and armed conflicts like civil wars. JONATHAN DONGES explains in this video how the research team looked at this relationship in more detail. Their new approach connects natural disasters with large economic effects, po...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 10 mins
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There is an extensive discussion about the connections between climate change related disasters and armed conflicts like civil wars. JONATHAN DONGES explains in this video how the research team looked at this relationship in more detail. Their new approach connects natural disasters with large economic effects, potentially related conflicts as well as the socioeconomic contexts. The findings show that in countries with a high ethnical fractionali...
There is an extensive discussion about the connections between climate change related disasters and armed conflicts like civil wars. JONATHAN DONGES explains in this video how the research team looked at this relationship in more detail. Their new approach connects natural disasters with large economic effects, potentially related conflicts as well as the socioeconomic contexts. The findings show that in countries with a high ethnical fractionalization the likelihood of armed conflict related to natural disasters is particularly high. This relationship is surprisingly stronger than all other socioeconomic issues like poverty, inequality or the country’s conflict history. The study also reveals a particularly strong impact of heat waves and droughts on a potential armed conflict. The implications of this research call for a more synchronized approach of climate and security policies.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Jonathan F. Donges, fl. 2013
Person Discussed
Jonathan F. Donges, fl. 2013
Topic / Theme
Economic development, Environmental policy, Armed forces, Natural disasters, Climate change
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Latest Thinking
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Phosphorus
presented by Rosanna Kleemann, fl. 2015; produced by University of Surrey (Surrey, England: University of Surrey, 2015), 3 mins
This thesis examines how too much phosphorus in water causes many problems. However, it is an important and dwindling compound. This research looks at how Thames Water is the first to recover the waste phosphorus from water sludge and return it into fertilizer.
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presented by Rosanna Kleemann, fl. 2015; produced by University of Surrey (Surrey, England: University of Surrey, 2015), 3 mins
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This thesis examines how too much phosphorus in water causes many problems. However, it is an important and dwindling compound. This research looks at how Thames Water is the first to recover the waste phosphorus from water sludge and return it into fertilizer.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Lecture/presentation
Contributor
University of Surrey
Author / Creator
Rosanna Kleemann, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
University of Surrey
Topic / Theme
Water supply, Scientific research
ORCID
0000-0001-9002-8960
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To What Extent Do Aerosol Particles in the Atmosphere Mask the Effects of Greenhouse Gases?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
Since the rise of industrialization more and more greenhouse gases are being emitted into the atmosphere and as a result the earth’s climate is warming. It is known that part of the temperature rise is balanced by aerosol particles in the atmosphere – partly also emitted by human activity. The extent of that b...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
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Since the rise of industrialization more and more greenhouse gases are being emitted into the atmosphere and as a result the earth’s climate is warming. It is known that part of the temperature rise is balanced by aerosol particles in the atmosphere – partly also emitted by human activity. The extent of that balancing however is unknown. As BJORN B. STEVENS explains in this video, the researchers used a new approach to estimate how strong thi...
Since the rise of industrialization more and more greenhouse gases are being emitted into the atmosphere and as a result the earth’s climate is warming. It is known that part of the temperature rise is balanced by aerosol particles in the atmosphere – partly also emitted by human activity. The extent of that balancing however is unknown. As BJORN B. STEVENS explains in this video, the researchers used a new approach to estimate how strong this effect actually is: they used a top-down perspective and asked if the assumptions made in earlier studies are consistent with current observations. Their findings show that the cooling effect of aerosol particles is not as large as previously calculated. Most significantly, this means that we do not have to fear an increase of global warming due to cleaner air.
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Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Bjorn Stevens, 1966-
Person Discussed
Bjorn Stevens, 1966-
Topic / Theme
Climate change, Greenhouse effect
Copyright Message
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