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Urban Studies Foundation postdoctoral fellowships

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Fellowships at University of Glasgow – details here. Applications should be submitted electronically to Ruth Harkin at ruth.harkin@glasgow.ac.uk by 14 June 2013.

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The Acid Ocean: Arctic’s soaring CO2 leaves fish and hunters gasping for life

Originally posted on LEARN FROM NATURE:
Change in sea water acidity pH caused by anthropogenic CO 2 between the 1700s and the 1990s (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   The Arctic Ocean is absorbing carbon dioxide at a far greater rate than…

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Foreign Policy the 500 most powerful individuals on the planet

Originally posted on misebogland:
Interesting list of the world’s top 500 most influential people Is it possible to identify the 500 most powerful individuals on the planet — one in 14 million? That’s what we tried to do with the inaugural FP…

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Taking action on malnutrition

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
A lack of sufficient nutrients in the diet is responsible for around 2.6 million deaths of children per year, the largest killer of children in the world. Those children…

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