The Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite takes us over Semarang, Indonesia. A port city on the north coast of Java, Semarang is the fifth-largest city in the country, covering some 374 sq km and home to just over 1.5 million ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2018
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Sea level rise has already put coastal cities on notice thanks to increasing storm surges and even sunny day flooding at high tide. These challenges will continue to grow because global projections point to a mean sea level ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2024
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Perilously situated between rising sea levels and pressures from upstream lie coastal river deltas and their roughly half a billion inhabitants. These regions have played an important role in societal development since the ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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Our cities have altered their original landscapes so greatly that their natural systems are profoundly compromised. These systems—such as swamps, rivers, creeks, aquifers and bushland corridors—need more space to function ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2023
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