Climate-driven sea level rise combines with land subsidence in some of Africa’s fastest-growing cities.
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Urban Greening Could Help Achieve Carbon Neutrality Goals
A new modeling framework highlights that urban greening is a sustainable solution to achieve environmental co-benefits in mitigating heat and carbon emissions.
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Hurricane Harvey Filled Houston with Sediment
The storm’s record-setting rains moved an equally impressive amount of sediment and elevated the risk and expense of absorbing all that muck.
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Bird Biodiversity Reports Reflect Cities’ Redlined Past
The lack of bird records in formerly redlined areas creates an inaccurate picture of urban biodiversity, leading to gaps in conservation efforts.
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La desigualdad del estrés por calor
Residentes de vecindarios históricamente marginalizados enfrentan mayor estrés por calor que los de otras áreas.
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Temperature Extremes Hit Lower- and Middle-Income Countries Hardest
Smaller cities in these regions are less likely to have infrastructure to deal with extreme climates.
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Underground Heat Could Be a Problem, or a Perk, for Chicago Buildings
Heat released by old and inefficient Chicago buildings could, if harnessed, be an energy solution.
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La chimie du corail reflète l’expansion économique d’Asie du Sud-Est
Les sols en érosion en raison du développement économique ont transporté des sédiments en mer de Chine méridionale… et jusque dans le squelette corallien.
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The Inequality of Heat Stress
Residents in historically redlined neighborhoods deal with greater heat stress than other areas.
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La química de los corales refleja la expansión económica del sudeste asiático
La erosión del suelo derivada del desarrollo económico mueve sedimentos hacia el mar del sur de China y también hacia los esqueletos de los corales.