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Latin America
Venezuela crisis: Trump threats to Maduro evoke bloody history of US intervention in Latin America

Venezuela crisis: Trump threats to Maduro evoke bloody history of US intervention in Latin America

The Conversation

Rather than plan yet another coup d’etat, U.S. efforts in Venezuela should support the work of the Lima Group

Climate Change
Carbon farming: how smart agriculture can both feed people and fight climate change

Carbon farming: how smart agriculture can both feed people and fight climate change

The Conversation

Peat soils are immensely carbon-rich

nuclear weapons
Why Proposal to Sell Saudis Nuclear Technology without Safeguards is Terrifying

Why Proposal to Sell Saudis Nuclear Technology without Safeguards is Terrifying

The Conversation

Within days of President Trump’s inauguration, senior U.S. officials were promoting an initiative to transfer nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia

Climate Change
Over our Heads: Climate Crisis Produces Stationary Catastrophic Weather Systems

Over our Heads: Climate Crisis Produces Stationary Catastrophic Weather Systems

The Conversation

If tropical cyclones are moving more slowly, this can leave particular regions bearing the brunt of the rainfall

Iran
40 Years after the Iranian Revolution, Can the Opposition Still Hope for Change?

40 Years after the Iranian Revolution, Can the Opposition Still Hope for Change?

The Conversation

All opposition groups overuse the abstract notion of “secular democracy” without clearly explaining what exactly they have in mind

Climate Crisis
School Climate Strikes: Children taking Radical Action and "Adults" have no Right to Object

School Climate Strikes: Children taking Radical Action and “Adults” have no Right to Object

The Conversation

Our inaction that has led the world they will inherit to this pretty pass

Mental Health
People are Happier and Saner if they Eat more Fruit and Vegetables

People are Happier and Saner if they Eat more Fruit and Vegetables

The Conversation

Measures of mental well-being improved where young adults were asked to eat two extra portions of fruit and vegetables a day

censorship
Why Saudi Regime Murdered Journalist Khashoggi in a Consulate

Why Saudi Regime Murdered Journalist Khashoggi in a Consulate

The Conversation

Turkish authorities couldn’t enter the embassy without permission from Saudi Arabia

Climate Change
European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling

European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling

The Conversation

Our new data-driven best estimate is a death toll of 56 million by the beginning of the 1600s

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