Urban greening is unlikely to provide a single fix for tackling extreme weather events brought on by climate change, scientists have suggested.
Environment
Jan 26, 2022
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City living has its perks: Live music, museums, trendy cafés and much more.
Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2021
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Pavements are an abundant urban surface, covering around 40 percent of American cities. But in addition to carrying traffic, they can also emit heat.
Environment
Aug 23, 2021
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A new study shows urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people.
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2021
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In nearly every major city in the U.S., people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people, a new study found.
Environment
May 25, 2021
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Los Angeles' ambitious plan to cool the city as the planet grows warmer is getting a boost from two university professors and a street-smart robot named MaRTy.
Environment
May 6, 2020
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Faced with a gritty landscape of metal fences, concrete walls and asphalt pavement, city lizards in Puerto Rico rapidly and repeatedly evolved better tolerance for heat than their forest counterparts, according to new research ...
Evolution
Mar 10, 2020
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A study of satellite images of dozens of U.S. cities shows trees and vegetation in urban areas turn green earlier but are less sensitive to temperature change than vegetation in surrounding rural regions.
Environment
Feb 11, 2020
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A trio of researchers with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Arizona State University has shown that commuters traveling from the suburbs to cities in the future ...
This summer alone, intense heat waves have been to blame for at least 11 deaths in Japan, a record-breaking 45.9-degree Celsius temperature in France, and a heat advisory affecting 147 million people on the U.S. East Coast. ...
Environment
Aug 14, 2019
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