New research links road construction with increased urbanization and more fragmented species ranges.
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Home Foundations Are Crumbling. This Mineral Is to Blame.
Pyrrhotite causes cracks in concrete. But research on how widespread the issue might be has only scratched the surface.
Ordinary Policies Achieve Extraordinary Climate Adaptation
Consistently implementing zoning, permitting, and building regulations, all commonplace municipal tools, helped most New Jersey towns avoid floodplain development.
Sandy Fingerprints Trace Supply Sources
Geological forensics can trace raw materials back to their source. As global sand demand increases, a new tool could help identify illegal and informal sand mining.
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.
Grains of Sand: Too Much and Never Enough
Sand is a foundational element of our cities, our homes, our landscapes and seascapes. How we will interact with the material in the future, however, is less certain.
Seaports Expected to Grow by up to Fourfold by 2050
New research finds adaptation of ports to sea level rise cheap compared to new construction needed to keep up with growing maritime trade.
Tornado Warnings Don’t Adequately Prepare Mobile Home Residents
A survey of the southeastern United States shows that nearly half of mobile home residents don’t know where to shelter during a tornado, and many aren’t getting the resources they need to survive one.
AGU Honored with the First Clean Energy DC Award
AGU aspires to lead by demonstrating that a building on a tight urban footprint can operate on a net-zero energy basis while providing a productive and healthy place to work and meet.
Stress Testing for Climate Impacts with “Synthetic Storms”
How well would your city weather a hurricane? Digitally “moving” past storms to new locations simulates the effects of extreme weather events on local infrastructure.