When it comes to extreme weather, climate change usually gets all the attention. But according to a study from The University of Texas at Austin and two universities in China, the unique effects of cities—which can intensify ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2022
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A new mathematical approach uses data on people's commutes between and within U.S. counties to identify important geographic regions. Mark He of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and colleagues present this ...
Mathematics
May 1, 2020
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A new study from Duke University and Fudan University in China is the first to estimate how much Chinese residential electricity consumption would increase due to climate change. It's a lot.
Environment
Dec 24, 2018
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Scholars have long been interested in tracking "knowledge spillovers," the way technical and intellectual advances spread among communities of researchers and innovators. And a significant body of work has shown that distance ...
Social Sciences
Jul 5, 2013
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Smoke particulates from wildfires could lead to between 4,000 and 9,000 premature deaths and cost $36 to $82 billion per year in the United States, according to new research by Cornell, Nanjing University of Information Science ...
Environment
Jun 20, 2023
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Seismic arrays deployed in California's Long Beach and Seal Beach areas detected more than a thousand tiny earthquakes over eight months, many of them located at surprisingly shallow depths of less than two kilometers below ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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Urbanization is a primary threat to biodiversity. However, scientists know little about how urbanization affects biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical regions of the Global South. An international research team ...
Ecology
Jul 15, 2022
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Based on an evaluation of over 500 academic articles, an international research team has traced the application of greening concepts in the context of Swedish planning and particularly in the Stockholm metropolitan region. ...
Environment
May 19, 2022
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Officials in Chile say the capital city and its outskirts are suffering from the worst drought in many years.
Environment
Aug 24, 2019
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The New York metropolitan area has seen tremendous economic growth, but many residents in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods are struggling to afford living in the 31-county, tri-state region, University of California, Berkeley, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2019
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