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- Bullying bosses negatively impact employee performance and behavior https://www.pdx.edu/clas/news/bullying-bosses-negatively-impact-employee-performance-and-behavior-study-finds 71 comments
- The Western United States is losing its glaciers. Some glaciers have disappeared entirely, some no longer show movement, some are too small to meet the 0.01 square kilometer minimum and some are actually rock glaciers -- rocky debris with ice in the pore spaces. https://www.pdx.edu/news/glaciers-becoming-smaller-and-disappearing-psu-inventory-finds 2 comments environment
- The Western United States is losing its glaciers. Some glaciers have disappeared entirely, some no longer show movement, some are too small to meet the 0.01 square kilometer minimum and some are actually rock glaciers -- rocky debris with ice in the pore spaces. https://www.pdx.edu/news/glaciers-becoming-smaller-and-disappearing-psu-inventory-finds 27 comments science
- Study shows how fire refugia—islands of living trees that remain following forest fires—help forests regenerate. https://www.pdx.edu/news/portland-state-study-shows-how-green-islands-help-forests-regenerate-after-fire 3 comments science
- By 2070, the glaciers on the Olympic Peninsula, in Washington State, will have largely disappeared. Since about 1900 the region has lost half of its glacier area and since 1980, 35 glaciers and 16 perennial snowfields have disappeared. https://www.pdx.edu/news/new-psu-research-predicts-disappearance-olympic-peninsula-glaciers 7 comments science
- Mass incarceration is as much an environmental problem as it is a social one. Construction and maintenance of prisons, production of goods used inside prisons and use of prison labor to manufacture industrial equipment for government and private companies all contribute to increased emissions. https://www.pdx.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/news/mass-incarceration-results-significant-increases-industrial-emissions-psu-study-finds 25 comments science
- North America is lagging behind other continents when it comes to understanding the potential risks that microplastics and associated pollutants pose to both fisheries and the humans that consume the seafood. https://www.pdx.edu/clas/news/huge-gaps-research-microplastics-north-america-psu-study-finds 73 comments science
- Study finds that employee well-being depends on relationship with boss https://www.pdx.edu/sba/news/psu-study-finds-employee-well-being-depends-relationship-boss 28 comments science
- Reattaching to work is just as important as detaching from work: Research has increasingly shown that an employee's ability to mentally detach from work is important for their well-being. But a new study suggests that employees who mentally reattach to work in the morning are more engaged at work. https://www.pdx.edu/clas/news/reattaching-work-just-important-detaching-work-study-finds 3 comments science
- The power of gratitude in the workplace: Being thanked more often at work predicted better sleep, fewer headaches and healthier eating, because it improved nurses’ work satisfaction, finds a new study of 146 registered nurses. https://www.pdx.edu/sba/news/power-gratitude-workplace-psu-research-shows-expressing-gratitude-improves-physical-and-mental 254 comments science
- Employees bullied by their bosses are more likely to report unfairness and work stress, and consequently become less committed to their jobs or even retaliate, according to a new study which was a meta-analysis that reviewed 427 studies (n=336,236). https://www.pdx.edu/clas/news/bullying-bosses-negatively-impact-employee-performance-and-behavior-study-finds 42 comments science
- Rudeness. Sarcastic comments. Demeaning language. Interrupting or talking over someone in a meeting. Workplace incivilities are becoming increasingly common, and a new study found this behavior has the potential to not only negatively affect an employee's sleep but their partner's as well. https://www.pdx.edu/news/co-workers-rudeness-can-affect-your-sleep-%E2%80%94-and-your-partners-new-psu-study-finds 4 comments science
- Study finds climate change causing more severe wildfires, larger insect outbreaks in temperate forests globally. The researchers analyzed 50 protected areas like national parks as well as their immediate surroundings https://www.pdx.edu/clas/news/psu-study-finds-climate-change-causing-more-severe-wildfires-larger-insect-outbreaks-temperate 12 comments science
- A new study suggests that the disproportionate placement of racial minorities into special education for learning disabilities is largely because of social inequities outside of schools rather than racially biased educators. https://www.pdx.edu/clas/news/more-minorities-labeled-learning-disabled-because-social-inequities-and-achievement-disparities-psu 3 comments science
- PSU study: Kids from wealthier families feel more control over lives https://www.pdx.edu/clas/news/psu-study-kids-wealthier-families-feel-more-control-over-lives 241 comments science
- Prozac in ocean water a possible threat to sea life - Oregon shore crabs exhibit risky behavior when they’re exposed to the antidepressant Prozac, making it easier for predators to catch them, according to a new study. https://www.pdx.edu/news/prozac-ocean-water-possible-threat-sea-life-psu-study-finds 35 comments science