Collecting data on embedded emissions in imports offers a broader and more accurate picture of a country’s carbon footprint, enables informed climate policies, and—with some carrots and sticks—can ...

The integrity of the U.S. government’s economic data has come under fire after the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised payroll gains for May and June sharply lower on Aug. 1. Concerns about the ability ...

Over the past few decades, businesses, governments, and militaries worldwide have relied heavily on data analytics to advance operations, gain critical insight for tactical advantages, and improve ...

Environmental data scientists use computing and mathematics to develop sustainable solutions for environmental problems. Environmental data scientists balance and combine expertise from multiple ...

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Indonesian Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has deployed students to collect data on post-disaster conditions in Sumatra.

Haoyi Chen is coordinator of the Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Household Surveys, United Nations Statistics Division, New York City, USA. The world is more than halfway through the United Nations ...

Companies can now accrue stunning amounts of intimate data about their employees’ bodies. Some might collect biometric data such as fingerprints and retina scans as part of efforts to improve security ...