From MIL OSIPost
Marine heatwaves are cooking our ocean ecosystems – and will only become more common
These underwater disasters can trigger coral bleaching and massive fish kills.
Archive
Academic Analysis
From MIL OSIPost
NZ’s new flood maps are missing a hidden threat – the water quietly rising from below
Adaptation plans don’t account for groundwater in shallow coastal aquifers, which can rise with sea levels, increasing the risk of flooding and damage.
From MIL OSIPost
WA police is using live facial recognition to make arrests. This trial is testing privacy law
Who gets to authorise such deployments? And who checks the safeguards?
From MIL OSIPost
Did you know there’s a vast reef network off the north coast of Australia? Few do – and that’s a problem
Due to the remote location and croc-inhabited waters, these northern reefs are largely overlooked and understudied.
From MIL OSIPost
Toronto students who live in residence get better grades, study finds
A study of more than 750,000 student records from four Toronto universities finds that living in residence is linked to better grades and higher satisfaction, especially for first-year students.
From MIL OSIPost
Alberta’s disability benefit overhaul shifts more economic risk onto people with disabilities
Alberta’s move to shift disability recipients onto a lower-paying, employment-focused benefit assumes people can make up the difference through work, savings or family. Research suggests few can.
From MIL OSIPost
Learned, not broken: Why we need to fix the pleasure gap, not women’s libido
Women’s changing libido has been treated as biological fact — the product of evolution or hormonal destiny. But differences in sexual experience early on can have a real and lasting impact.
From MIL OSIPost
Why has Britain’s grass turned yellow? A plant scientist explains what happens next
As summers get hotter and drier, it’s time to rethink what parks and gardens should look like.
From MIL OSIPost
We built a $10 soil test, then a virtual reality platform to take it around the world
The advantage of virtual reality training is scalability. The same experience can be delivered in many countries simultaneously, without need for travel.
From MIL OSIPost
How warfare has been ‘gamified’ in Ukraine
Ukraine’s government says its system of rewarding points to troops for successful strikes is ‘delivering results’.
From MIL OSIPost
Why an 120-year-old warning about reading feels uncomfortably familiar
Journalists have been decrying the decline in reading for over 100 years and yet it persists.
From MIL OSIPost
How Gen Z and India’s Cockroach Janata Party are successfully challenging Narendra Modi
The success of protest movements in India hinges on two main factors: the strategic importance of the movement’s voting base to the ruling BJP, and the degree to which the issue can be delegitimized.