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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The unofficial Iraq Body Count (IBC) , which tracks civilian casualties in Iraq based on press reports and administrative records, has initiated a comparison of their own data to the deaths documented in the SIGACTS data. This new evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that IBC’s press data underreport small events in Iraq.

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Ensuring a healthy U.S. democracy in the face of extreme weather events

Candid

Accelerating extreme weather events have inspired creative solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change on physical infrastructure: Copenhagens permeable tiled roads absorb stormwater, Timor-Lestes vetiver grass plantings prevent landslides, and New York Citys reflective cool roofs reduce urban heat capture.

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