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Bei der Volksabstimmung am 29. August 2026 lehnte Island mit 52,8 Prozent die Wiederaufnahme von EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen ab. Die Wahlbeteiligung lag bei 82,6 Prozent. Nur die Hauptstadt stimmte mehr...

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How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic reality

To keep Earth habitable, humanity must recognize the value of Antarctica and seek to save it from irreversible damage.

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Big tech wants generative AI systems to seem like neutral, reliable tools – but the reality is far more complicated.

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Test your knowledge of how oil prices have been affected by previous crises in the Middle East

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This university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers

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Listed here are a few resources both online and on the ground to point you in the right direction to teaching your kids about GIS and mapping.

"I am contemplating the concept of place names, how it has developed in Iceland, and why interest in collecting place names arose early in the 20th century," says Birna, who has a background in Icelan...

Whether you're building data visualisations or generative art, at some point you will likely need to consider which colours to use in R. This blog post describes different ways to define colours, how ...

The Klamath River is free of four huge dams for the first time in generations. But for the Yurok tribe, the river's restoration is only just beginning – starting with 18 billion seeds.

Effective nature conservation and citizen participation are essential for sustainable development and biodiversity preservation. This paper introduces the ‘Land Use Game’, a prototype serious game des...