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Après des décennies de pratique des sciences de l'#Antarctique, j'ai appris que les changements physiques et biologiques se font rarement en douceur., Le #climat et les #écosystèmes de l'Antarctique subissent à l'heure actuelle des changements inquiétants.

Une grande partie de la glace de mer de cet hiver a disparu. Un courant océanique crucial ralentit, et les #glaciers et les plates-formes de glace se désintègrent.

https://theconversation.com/ive-spent-40-years-studying-antarctica-the-frozen-continent-has-never-needed-our-help-more-211520

Why a ban on cellphones in schools might be more of a distraction than the problem it’s trying to fix

https://theconversation.com/why-a-ban-on-cellphones-in-schools-might-be-more-of-a-distraction-than-the-problem-its-trying-to-fix-211494

#fedilz #theconversation #handy #schule #verbot

@theconversationau "current prices, online advice suggests the warranty will typically expire before the battery pays for itself."
Who throws away their other household appliances when the warranty expires? You keep using them till they stop working if you've got any sense. If the battery capacity has dropped by 20% after 10y, the remaining 80% capacity is still useful. Why the assumption that the payback lifetime is the warranty period? #HouseholdBattery #TheConversation #GreenEnergy.

For many years, the #UK and other #governments have claimed they can stop or reduce irregular #migration by removing “pull” factors – those that attract people to a particular country. These might include a generous public #welfare system or job opportunities.

CPC-CG and QuantMig members Jackie Wahba and Valentina Di Iasio have written for #TheConversation on the factors that ACTUALLY influence people's migration decisions 👇👇

https://theconversation.com/hotels-and-employment-arent-major-pull-factors-for-refugees-heres-what-really-draws-people-to-move-211796

#refugees #bibbystockholm #asylumseekers

Interesting op-ed on The Conversation.

Can't say I disagree with it.

https://theconversation.com/6-reasons-australians-dont-trust-economists-and-how-we-could-do-better-208833

#TheConversation #Economists

#Macron #Musk #cornucopiens
Je ne m’en remets pas. Le qualificatif de cornucopien paraît tellement avoir été inventé pour #Macron !
Encore un excellent article de #TheConversation, lecture recommandée
https://theconversation.com/les-cornucopiens-sont-parmi-nous-mais-qui-sont-ils-210481

Language acquisition and learning are considered two different processes, but it’s important to note that they aren’t mutually exclusive and that a good learning process includes elements of both. This article nicely explains how that works.

“Languages are both acquired and learned, so conscious and unconscious effort is needed when picking up abnew one.” Vazquez-Calvo 2023. #TheConversation Europe. https://theconversation.com/languages-are-both-acquired-and-learned-so-conscious-and-unconscious-effort-is-needed-when-picking-up-a-new-one-210816

#LanguageLearning #LanguageDidactics #Languages #Linguistics #InEnglish

@TheConversationAfrica Thank you, I enjoyed this article.
Forms of this word 'umlungu' are common across sub-saharan #Africa. In Shona I was taught that 'murungu' literally meant the fruit of an edible Ficus tree whose flesh was pink - hence the adoption to signify a colonial caucasian person.
#TheConversation

Parler librement et interagir fréquemment c’est très important pour la maîtrise d’une autre langue. Mais il faut des stratégies pour bien naviguer la conversation, y compris les moments où on ne comprend pas son interlocuteur ou on ne sait pas comment dire ce qu’on souhaite exprimer.

« Pour pratiquer les langues étrangères en vacances, quelles stratégies adopter ? » Manoïlov 2023. #TheConversation France. https://theconversation.com/pour-pratiquer-les-langues-etrangeres-en-vacances-quelles-strategies-adopter-210571

#LanguesÉtrangères #FLE #LanguageLearning #EnFrançais

The 'Gulf Stream' will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got wrong

Well that's a relief!

https://theconversation.com/the-gulf-stream-will-not-collapse-in-2025-what-the-alarmist-headlines-got-wrong-210773

#TheConversation #ClimateChange #GulfStream

Selon une étude, les hommes qui publie fréquemment sur les réseaux sociaux sont considérés comme plus féminins. En plus, ils « […] sont jugés négativement lorsqu’ils tentent de s’exprimer et d’établir des liens sociaux ».

« Stéréotypes de genre : les hommes qui publient beaucoup sur les réseaux sociaux sont-ils vraiment ‘moins virils’ ? ». Edelblum et Warren 2023. #TheConversation France. https://theconversation.com/stereotypes-de-genre-les-hommes-qui-publient-beaucoup-sur-les-reseaux-sociaux-sont-ils-vraiment-moins-virils-210305

#StéréotypesDeGenre #Stéréotypes #Genres #RéseauxSociaux #EnFrançais

The Tyee: French Immersion Schools Are Popular. What Can That Teach Us? https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/26/What-French-Immersion-Schools-Can-Teach-Us/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #JulieChamiLindsayfrenchimmersionteacher #FirstNationslanguageeducation #frenchimmersionprograms #UniversityofToronto #TheConversation

#climate #climatechange #climatewarming Meltwater is hydro-fracking #Greenland’s #ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure. Melting is faster than earlier known, also in #Antarctica, because of reasons, we first now start to understand. #TheConversation https://theconversation.com/meltwater-is-hydro-fracking-greenlands-ice-sheet-through-millions-of-hairline-cracks-destabilizing-its-internal-structure-207468

RT Seán Murray: Coming Soon #TheConversation @donalmacintyre @gildernewm https://t.co/bcZ2p07P6z

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/sean_murray1/status/1682387617994752000

Rastafarians gathering for the 131st birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie are still grappling with his reported death in 1975

https://theconversation.com/rastafarians-gathering-for-the-131st-birthday-of-emperor-haile-selassie-are-still-grappling-with-his-reported-death-in-1975-209363

#TheConversation #Rastafari

(1/4) China needs immigrants by #TheConversation https://theconversation.com/china-needs-immigrants-208911

Changing demographics in China are a major historic change & portend economic & possibly political changes in the years ahead. The author’s thesis that China needs to change policies to dramatically increase immigration levels in the near term seems unlikely, IMHO, given China’s predominant cultural attitudes as well as politics.

A few key quotations from this article:

“In 2022, the

@matlag hasard du jour bonjour, un article qui vient d’être publié par #TheConversation : https://theconversation.page.link/G7xU

“same-gender couples divided the cognitive labour according to each other’s strengths, preferences and changing needs”

https://theconversation.com/we-asked-same-gender-couples-how-they-share-the-mental-load-at-home-the-results-might-surprise-you-208667

#SameGender #SameSex #Relationships #TheConversation

Common diabetes drug metformin could protect against long COVID

https://theconversation.com/common-diabetes-drug-metformin-could-protect-against-long-covid-207460

#TheConversation #Metformin #LongCovid #COVID19

Not all repellents are equal – here's how to avoid mosquito bites this summer

https://theconversation.com/not-all-repellents-are-equal-heres-how-to-avoid-mosquito-bites-this-summer-207088

#TheConversation #Mosquitoes #DEET #Repellent