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Airtight corn sacks help fight hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic
Research
Optimised on-farm grain storage boosts food security in sub-Saharan Africa, as an ETH study in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic shows. (Re-Post from ETH News)
Battery Electric Vehicle adoption in regions without strong policies
- Mobility
- Research
The Swiss Mobility Lab investigated the individual characteristics of current battery electric vehicle (BEV) holders. Gracia Brückmann, Fabian Willibald and Victor Blanco find that BEV adoption is predicted by technology affinity, high income, green party preferences, and living in one’s own house. Their research was published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
Climate signals detected in global weather
Research
Searched for and found: climate researchers can now detect the fingerprint of global warming in daily weather observations at the global scale. They are thus amending a long-established paradigm: weather is not climate – but climate change can now be detected in daily weather. (Re-post from ETH News)
A question of perspective
Research
When it comes to implementing the Paris Agreement, the long-term view of climate change dominates, says Lukas Fesenfeld. This is a wasted opportunity. (Repost from ETH News)