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Classrooms without borders: Global education gets a boost as students and faculty participate in courses that cross institutions, continents and time zones
FIU has taken online learning to the next level with international collaborations that have students working “side by side” on projects that integrate a world of diverse perspectives and backgrounds
May 17, 2021 at 9:00am
Black boxes turn into the faces of young people from Brazil, Mexico and the United States as a Zoom fills up with students ready to make their final presentations.
They are studying biodiversity and have been paired up with peers in other countries to analyze and present on some of nature’s most complex relationships.
Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?
by Mike Gaworecki on 13 May 2021
As the world searches for solutions to global climate change, tree planting has become increasingly popular, with ambitious campaigns aiming to plant billions or trillions of trees.
These projects often have other environmental goals, too, like regulating water cycles, halting soil erosion and restoring wildlife habitat. They also often have socioeconomic goals, like alleviating poverty.
But how effective is planting trees at accomplishing all this, and how strong is the evidence for this effectiveness? To find out, Mongabay engaged a team of researchers who conducted a non-exhaustive review of relevant scientific literature.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Two weeks ago, the São Paulo State government began a transitional quarantine phase to gradually resume economic activity
The government of São Paulo has decided to extend business opening hours as of Saturday, May 8th. As a result, all establishments may now operate from 6 AM to 9 PM (previously until 8 PM). In addition, the capacity limit is increased from 25% to 30%. The new rule is still called transition and is in force until May 23rd.
The curfew has also been altered. It is now from 9 PM to 6 AM, whereas . . .
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In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, how Cuba is pushing ahead with developing its own coronavirus vaccines – and could be nearing “vaccine sovereignty”. And we hear from a researcher about what he learned from asking hundreds of people about the biggest decisions of their lives.
Throughout 2020, the small island nation of Cuba was able to limit the spread of COVID-19 cases and the number of deaths. By early May 2021, just under 700 people had died from the disease – that’s a death rate of around 60 people per million, compared with around 1,750 per million in the US.
While the death rate remains low, case numbers have been increasing in 2021 and there are currently around 1,000 new cases recorded each day.