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Earthmoving machinery works on a dusty portion at kilometer 667 of Highway BR-319 in the state of Amazonas.
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Road Development May Put Habitats at Risk

by Meghie Rodrigues 24 January 202528 January 2025

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.

by Benjamin Cassidy 7 January 20257 January 2025

Pyrrhotite causes cracks in concrete. But research on how widespread the issue might be has only scratched the surface.

Floodwater over a road. A sign reads, “Welcome to New Jersey.”
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Ordinary Policies Achieve Extraordinary Climate Adaptation

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 30 October 202430 October 2024

Consistently implementing zoning, permitting, and building regulations, all commonplace municipal tools, helped most New Jersey towns avoid floodplain development.

A truck is parked next to a pile of sand at a construction site.
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Sandy Fingerprints Trace Supply Sources

by Molly Herring 4 January 20244 January 2024

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.

A grayscale image of the Chicago Loop photographed from the 94th floor of the Hancock building.
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Underground Heat Could Be a Problem, or a Perk, for Chicago Buildings

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 September 202311 September 2023

Heat released by old and inefficient Chicago buildings could, if harnessed, be an energy solution.

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Grains of Sand: Too Much and Never Enough

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 25 January 202317 February 2023

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.

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Seaports Expected to Grow by up to Fourfold by 2050

Liza Lester, staff writer by L. Lester 9 September 202021 February 2023

New research finds adaptation of ports to sea level rise cheap compared to new construction needed to keep up with growing maritime trade.

A mobile home park devastated by tornado damage
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Tornado Warnings Don’t Adequately Prepare Mobile Home Residents

by C. Crockett 15 May 20197 March 2024

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.

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AGU Honored with the First Clean Energy DC Award

Chris McEntee, executive director and CEO of AGU by Chris McEntee 18 April 20194 April 2023

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.

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Stress Testing for Climate Impacts with “Synthetic Storms”

by R. E. Benestad, K. M. Parding, A. Mezghani, A. Dobler, O. A. Landgren, H. B. Erlandsen, J. Lutz and J. E. Haugen 14 January 201924 February 2023

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.

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