A new study performed at the University of Eastern Finland has shown that variations caused in both the size and distribution of the pine beauty moth population are connected to higher temperatures. Pine beauty moth (Panolis flammea). Image Credit: University of Eastern Finland. The study outcomes are reported in the …
Read More »Study reveals how the creativity of people evolved during the first COVID-19 lockdown
Covid-19 took us by surprise and the exceptional situation of the first lockdown required great capacities of adaptation, in particular for our brain. A study conducted at the Paris Brain Institute (Inserm/CNRS/Sorbonne University/AP-HP) has just revealed how our creativity evolved during this period and the factors that may have influenced …
Read More »World’s first computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, ‘started up’ in 178 B.C., scientists claim
The mysterious Antikythera mechanism, thought by some to be the world’s first computer, was first “started up” on Dec. 22, 178 B.C., archaeologists have now found. Discovered by sponge divers in a Roman-era shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera in 1901, the elaborate ancient computer, which looks like a …
Read More »Disaster Management Reference Handbook – Vietnam (December 2021) – Viet Nam
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Vietnam is one of the most hazard-prone countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. With an extensive coastline of 3,260 kilometers (km), 2025.67 miles (mi) the country is regularly exposed to hydro-meteorological hazards including severe storms, cyclones, typhoons, floods, landslides, and coastal erosion. Vietnam is home to an estimated 98.2 …
Read More »Reference centres | IFRC
Our reference centres promote collaboration, knowledge-sharing and innovation across our global network and with humanitarian partners. In doing so, they help support strong and sustainable National Societies and improve the collective humanitarian impact and influence of our Movement. Some reference centres are set up in partnership with the IFRC (referred to …
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