New research to be published Wednesday, 29 July in AGU's journal Earth’s Futurehas found 6.5 million Americans live in homes on or near landslide-prone slopes. Although much of the U.S.’s steepest terrain is in the west, the study finds over half of the people exposed to landslides live closer to the east coast, simply due to higher population densities in that region. The researchers also found people in rural areas have less capacity to recover than their urban counterparts.

Previous research may have underestimated the capacity of natural environments to promote concentration and well-being, even in the absence of prior stressors, a review by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development shows. 

VALOR has launched an open-access collection in the RIO journal to make its research on pollinator decline openly accessible, starting with its Description of Action as the first publication.