Recent images of downtown San Francisco—emptied of office workers now dialing in remote and filled with wandering homeless people—has struck fear for the future of urban areas. A Columbia University professor coined the ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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A new paper in Landscape and Urban Planning examines policies to advance urban agriculture that address the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus, the complex relationships among the flows of food, energy and water in cities.
Ecology
Aug 16, 2023
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Large parts of the country, particularly in the South, have been experiencing extreme heat waves recently, with the heat index well into triple digits.
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2023
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When students at Hughes STEM High School in Cincinnati were asked back in 2016 what part of their school they'd like to improve, they identified Coy Field—an athletic field they use for baseball, softball, track and football.
Education
Jul 26, 2023
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When geoinformatics engineering researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory wanted to better understand changes in land areas and points of interest (POIs) around the world, they turned to the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 25, 2023
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Northwestern scientists have conducted a new study to see if living near green spaces, like parks and areas with a lot of plants, can affect how our bodies age and contribute to overall healthy aging.
Social Sciences
Jul 3, 2023
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Rising temperatures due to climate change are likely influencing human migration patterns, according to a new study by Rita Issa of University College London and colleagues, published May 24 in the open-access journal PLOS ...
Environment
May 24, 2023
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Street food is popular in Nigerian cities. Most of the local food delicacies are sold by vendors whose livelihoods depend on informal subsistence activities such as local food production and street food hawking. They are ...
Environment
May 16, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published a study in the journal PLOS Water that focuses on the Sudbury-Assabet and Concord watershed in eastern Massachusetts, and which links hydrological ...
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2023
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Managing the benefits of nature-based solutions across climate, biodiversity and society is of critical importance for meeting targets for climate neutrality and biodiversity restoration targets. Recent studies call for research ...
Environment
Apr 27, 2023
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