Tag: Urbanization

A new study shows that enough canopy cover can dramatically reduce urban temperaturesCredit: Courtesy Carly Ziter The idea of the ...

Credit: America's Wildlife Values research team Abundant and healthy wildlife populations are a cultural and ecological treasure in the United ...

In 2015, a fluorosurfactant known by the trade name "GenX" made headlines when researchers discovered it and related compounds in ...

Bobcats, coyotes, foxes seek green spaces in the suburbsCredit: eMammal Project As growth makes neighborhoods more crowded for humans, it's ...

An international team of researchers has carried out the first systematic global review of water reallocation from rural to urban ...

Thinking twice about what you flush away may help you save money, and the environment. Today, Ryerson University released a ...

Credit: Dave Brenner/University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability ANN ARBOR--In the 1960s animated sitcom The Jetsons, George Jetson ...

Researchers from Penn and Harvard are the first to make archaeological use of U2 spy plane imagery, and have created ...

Overall physical activity starts to decline already around the age of school entry. While the proportion of physically inactive individuals ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A recent study of centuries-old French-Canadian genealogical data by a Brown University economist revealed evidence that supports ...

Smart Cities Centre of Excellence to be establishedCredit: Mikko Raskinen Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) and Aalto University, along with ...

Asthma cases attributable to traffic-related air pollution dramatically decreased between 2000 and 2010Credit: Texas A&M Transportation Institute April 5, 2019 ...

Just 20 minutes of contact with nature will lower stress hormone levels, reveals new study Taking at least twenty minutes ...

Emissions from cooling sector set to grow 90 percent by 2050 without actionCredit: PXHERE public domain Copenhagen, Denmark - As ...