Measuring sound diversity of quietness
Composite Urban Quietness Index gives new meaning to quietnessCredit: Aggelos Tsaligopoulos MELVILLE, N.Y., June 9, 2021 -- The world is ...
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Most cities in São Paulo state have low potential capacity to adapt to climate change
Cities located in metropolitan areas of this Brazilian state score better according to an index that measures the existence of ...
UN: More harmful algal bloom impacts emerge amid rising seafood demand, coastal development
UNESCO IOC delivers 1st global assessment report after 7 years' work by 109 experts in 35 countries, creating a baseline ...
Salt marshes trap microplastics in their sediments, creating record of human plastic use
Credit: Semester in Environmental Science (SES)/MBL WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Plastics are everywhere. From cell phones to pens and cars ...
CO2 emissions are rebounding, but clean energy revolutions are emerging
Climate change has worsened each year, but across the globe there are promising signs of real decarbonization, according to UC ...
Acoustic solutions made from natural fibers can reduce buildings’ carbon footprints
Aalto University researchers discovered that wood-based pulp fibers are also well-suited for making acoustic materialsCredit: Mikko Raskinen/Aalto University Good acoustics ...
Air quality improved during India lockdown, study shows
Credit: Environmental Research Research by scientists from University of Southampton (UK) and the Central University of Jharkhand (India) and has ...
COVID-19 kept our parks busy, but not everyone ventured outside
Credit: Violeta Berdejo-Espinola Public use of parks and reserves increased only slightly during last year's COVID-19 national lockdown despite gyms ...
UM research suggests social factors important for human-wildlife coexistence
Credit: Charlie Durrant MISSOULA - In bear country, it's normal to find bruins munching down on temptations left out by ...
UTA investigates crowd logistics program to move crops, livestock from farm to market
Designing an Uber for agricultureCredit: UT Arlington An expert in logistics at The University of Texas at Arlington is designing ...
New study targets secrets of great entrepreneurial cities
Why storytellers and knowledge makers shape urban vitalityCredit: QUT Media "If you build it, they will come," so says the ...
New NUS technology completes vital class of industrial reactions five times faster
The research team used oscillating electric potentials to increase the rate of hydrogenation on typical commercial catalystsCredit: National University of ...
E-scooters as a new micro-mobility service
SMART researchers found that e-scooters are not only a last-mile solution to complement transit services, but also provide a mobility ...
Getting “wind” of the future: Making wind turbines low-maintenance and more resilient
Researchers propose a computationally simple design for the simultaneous detection and real-time resolution of multiple faults in a wind turbine ...
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