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A view of the Los Angeles Country Club Golf Course
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One Fifth of Los Angeles’s CO2 Rises from Lawns and Golf Courses

by Katherine Kornei 13 December 20188 November 2021

Measurements of carbon-14 show that roughly 20% of carbon dioxide emissions in the Los Angeles Basin are likely due to the decay of plants in managed landscapes.

A landfill in Maryland’s Eastern Shore attracts seagulls
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Greenhouse Gas Inventories Underestimate Methane Emissions

by Aaron Sidder 13 November 201831 October 2022

A new study in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area reveals prior estimates may significantly underrepresent methane emissions, particularly from landfills and natural gas systems.

Poor air quality in Beijing
Posted inEditors' Vox

Aspiring Toward Healthy Cities in China

by Gabriel Filippelli and P. Gong 15 May 201817 March 2023

One of the authors of a new report on efforts to create healthy cities in China describes challenges and opportunities for urban health and healthcare.

Researchers use data from a network of buoys to visualize the undersea portion of Campi Flegrei caldera
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Visualizing One of the Most Hazardous Formations in Nature

by S. Witman 29 March 201817 November 2022

A network of buoys provides a first glimpse of the seafloor beneath a volatile Italian caldera.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

A City’s Challenge of Dealing with Sea Level Rise

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 29 March 201825 May 2022

A well-developed case study in Ho-Chi Min City, Vietnam, exemplifies how other mega-cities located on deltas could face the major challenge of adapting to rising sea-level.

Expanding urban agriculture could improve food security, ecosystem health, and other ecosystem services
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Urban Agriculture Could Provide Billions in Ecosystem Services

by S. Witman 2 March 201823 February 2023

Expanding agriculture efforts in cities could improve food security, ecosystem health, and more.

Urban sewer networks grow outward in a manner similar to natural river networks.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Urban Sewers Evolve Similarly to River Networks

by Sarah Stanley 19 December 201727 April 2022

Like river systems, engineered drainage networks become increasingly fractal as they grow.

Flooding 17 October 2016 in downtown Miami, Fla.
Posted inScience Updates

Integrating Water Science and Culture for Urban Sustainability

by F. Nardi, M. Donoso and R. Teutonico 18 December 20171 March 2023

Workshop on Water and Environmental Global Challenges: International Water Infrastructures and Security; Miami, Florida, 23–25 May 2017

Residents in Beijing, China, line up to get water provided by a restaurant.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Modeling Beijing’s Water Crisis

by Elizabeth Thompson 25 October 20176 February 2023

Beijing’s growing population is rapidly draining its water supplies. A new study examines how land use change affects groundwater storage beneath the megacity.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Is Living Near a Farm Bad for Your Health?

by D. Ceccarelli and L. Smit 28 September 20174 October 2021

A recent commentary in GeoHealth highlighted the health risks for people living close to large-scale livestock farms.

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