Publications by authors named "D Ebanks"
Free riders, who benefit from collective efforts to mitigate climate change but do not actively contribute, play a key role in shaping behavioral climate action. Using a sample of 2096 registered American voters, we explore the discrepancy between two groups of free riders: cynics, who recognize the significance of environmental issues but do not adopt sustainable behaviors, and doubters, who neither recognize the significance nor engage in such actions. Through statistical analyses, we show these two groups are different.
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- Leading up to the 2022 Congressional midterm elections, predictions favored a Republican wave due to the incumbent president's low approval and a struggling economy, making the Republicans' underperformance surprising.
- The election was dubbed the "asterisk election" because of its unpredictable outcome, prompting a study to explore factors influencing voters beyond traditional analysis.
- The findings highlighted abortion as a crucial issue, with the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade notably increasing its salience and affecting voter behavior significantly.
Identifying drivers of climate misinformation on social media is crucial to climate action. Misinformation comes in various forms; however, subtler strategies, such as emphasizing favorable interpretations of events or data or reframing conversations to fit preferred narratives, have received little attention. This data-driven paper examines online climate and sustainability communication behavior over 7 years (2014-2021) across three influential stakeholder groups consisting of eight fossil fuel firms (industry), 14 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and eight inter-governmental organizations (IGOs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein we exploit a catalytic amount of [PhC] to initiate B-X to B-H bond conversion with EtSiH. This was applied to 6 haloboranes. However, 9-X-9-borabicyclo[3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine clinical and ethnodemographic correlates of serological responses against the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein following mild-to-moderate COVID-19.
Design: A retrospective cohort study of healthcare workers who had self-isolated due to COVID-19.
Setting: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK (UHBFT).