Amazon found destroying unsold stock – would better accounting practices help?

Financial accounts don't currently factor in environmental problems.

Lucy Wishart, Associate Lecturer, University of St Andrews • conversation
June 28, 2021 • ~7 min

The ocean economy is booming: who is making money, who is paying the price? Podcast

Plus, why Brazilian women who lived through Zika are avoiding getting pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to episode 18 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Daniel Merino, Assistant Editor: Science, Health, Environment; Co-Host: The Conversation Weekly Podcast • conversation
June 3, 2021 • ~5 min

Brazil’s economic crisis, prolonged by COVID-19, poses an enormous challenge to the Amazon

Because Brazil's economic prosperity in the last two decades is increasingly linked to the Amazon's good health, restoring the country's economy is a critical first step toward ending deforestation.

Peter Richards, Adjunct Professor, George Washington University • conversation
April 19, 2021 • ~8 min

Polluting SUVs will be on roads for the next two decades – what should we do with them?

SUVs accounted for 7% of the European market in 2009. Today, it's almost 40%.

Tom Stacey, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
April 12, 2021 • ~5 min

Farming fish in fresh water is more affordable and sustainable than in the ocean

Aquaculture is a growing source of healthy protein for millions of people around the world, but there are big differences between farming fish on land and at sea.

Wenbo Zhang, Lecturer in Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University • conversation
March 26, 2021 • ~9 min

States drop COVID-19 mask mandates but still expect people to mask up – will they?

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.

Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana • conversation
March 7, 2021 • ~8 min

These states are dropping COVID-19 mask mandates but still urge people to wear them – which message will the public follow?

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.

Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana • conversation
March 7, 2021 • ~8 min

States drop COVID-19 mask mandates but still urge people to wear them – which message will people follow?

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and the history of seat belts shows that mandates make a difference.

Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana • conversation
March 7, 2021 • ~8 min

States drop COVID-19 mask mandates but still expect people to wear them – will they?

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and the history of seat belts shows that mandates make a difference.

Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana • conversation
March 7, 2021 • ~8 min

Power outage costs remain a mystery years later

Following a storm that left Texans without electricity, water, and heat, a report shows the complete costs of power outages remain unknown years later.

Nat Levy-UT Austin • futurity
March 3, 2021 • ~5 min

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