Lehigh University awarded NSF grant to boost students’ geospatial skills
Lehigh University College of Education researcher Tom Hammond will help lead efforts in implementing hands-on, socio-environmental investigations for high school ...
Tag: Urbanization
Rice engineers: Make wastewater drinkable again
Model shows recycling could dramatically slash cities' need for fresh water resourcesCredit: Lu Liu/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 27, 2020) ...
Utilizing the impact resistance of the world’s hardest concrete for disaster prevention
A research team including Kanazawa University tests the impact response of the world's hardest concreteCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan - ...
SMART and MIT develop nanosensors for real-time plant health monitoring
New nanobionic approach allows scientists to study the communication within plants, providing valuable insights to improve crop yieldsCredit: Felice C. ...
Mapping the evolution of coastal waters in Metro Vancouver: The Burrard Inlet
What did the Burrard Inlet look like in the past, compared to how it is now?Credit: Fanny Couture What did ...
Making stronger concrete with ‘sewage-enhanced’ steel slag
A by-product of steel making can be used to both treat wastewater and make stronger concreteCredit: RMIT University Researchers have ...
Census 2020: Understanding the Issues
Springer book covers the US Census from its Constitutional founding through the upcoming 2020 count, discusses the unique significance of ...
Beyond your doorstep: What you buy and where you live shapes land-use footprint
Credit: Courtesy of Lin Zeng, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering In recent years, the attention of scientists and environmentalists ...
To prevent tick encounters, where you dump your leaves matters
Raking leaves out to the yard edge may increase tick numbers thereCredit: Flickr user Lennart Tange, CC BY 2.0 Annapolis, ...
Blinded by the light
Sensory danger zones: How sensory pollution impacts animal survivalCredit: David Stoner/Utah State University A new paper including research from a ...
NASA satellite offers urban carbon dioxide insights
Credit: Dien Wu/University of Utah A new NASA/university study of carbon dioxide emissions for 20 major cities around the world ...
Tunnel fire safety
With only minutes to respond, fire education really countsCredit: Pixabay/wal_172619 Global risk management experts are calling for fire education initiatives ...
Texas A&M researchers develop flooding prediction tool
Almost real-time flood prediction tool may boost emergency response during hurricanesCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering By incorporating the ...
Nobody at home: A great increase in out-of-home rates over 28 years in Kumamoto, Japan
New insights from novel use of travel survey dataCredit: Associate Professor Takuya Maruyama Delivery services have increased rapidly with the ...
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