Closing time: workers' last call

Article Abstract:

Results of a two-year study on the financial stability and emotional well-being of laid-off workers are presented. The employer is a national clothing manufacturer and the workers belong to its biggest plant in the Southeast. It was generous enough to give the retrenched workers a nice severance package and hired a consulting firm to coordinate retraining activities. Research findings revealed that displaced workers are anxious and depressed after losing their jobs. Those who find find new but less-paying jobs may still suffer from long-term financial and emotional stress.

Psychological aspects, Plant shutdowns, Layoffs, Unemployed workers, Displaced workers

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The last harvest

Article Abstract:

The National Seed Storage Laboratory of the Colorado State University stores 264,119 seed samples of the different varieties of major agricultural crops in the US. The collection is one of the country's most valuable resources, but it and other seed banks are underappreciated.

Services, Collections and collecting, Seeds, United States. National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation

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Erupting neighbors - at last

Article Abstract:

International volcanologists were expecting a pair of volcanoes situated opposite one another on the edge of the caldera at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea to erupt during the mid-1980s. However, the volcanic eruptions occurred almost a decade later on Sep. 19, 1994.

Analysis, Observations, Volcanological research, Calderas

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