How Colonization, Catastrophe, and Wetlands Shaped Segregation in a Chilean City
A PNAS study of Valdivia, Chile, traces how colonization, the 1960 earthquake, and wetland loss have produced urban segregation and ...
Tag: environmental justice
How a Warming Planet Is Rewriting the Science of Human Movement
A bibliometric review of 2,424 studies published between 2015 and 2025 maps how climate change is reshaping physical activity, sport, ...
Low-Cost Sensor Networks Expose Hidden Air Pollution Risks in Rural India
A dense low-cost sensor network and machine learning analysis in Bihar reveals stark geographic and socioeconomic inequities in fine particulate ...
Satellites Reveal How Gold Mining Left a Legacy of Injustice Near Johannesburg
A three-decade satellite analysis of South Africa's Witwatersrand mining belt shows that land changes are statistically systematic, clustered in historically ...
Greening the Gap: Poorer US Neighborhoods Are Cooling Down Faster Than Rich Ones
A 34-year satellite analysis of 55 US cities shows that heat disparities between low- and high-income neighborhoods have generally narrowed, ...
Water Scarcity and Political Barriers Squeeze Palestinian Farmers, Study Finds
A new mixed-methods study of 250 farmers in the Gaza Strip and West Bank shows that water scarcity, political restrictions, ...
Satellites Reveal Seasonal Pollution Hotspots in Bangladesh’s Industrial Cities
Using Sentinel-5P satellite data and geographically weighted regression, researchers have mapped seasonal air pollution hotspots across four industrial cities in ...
Segregation’s Ecological Legacy: How Divided Cities Face Unequal Floods, Heat and Green Space
A PNAS special feature organized by Cary Institute researchers shows that segregation operates as a self-reinforcing social-ecological system shaping flood ...
Why Climate Solutions Succeed or Fail: Governance and Justice Hold the Key
A new iScience analysis of fifteen climate response options shows that governance coherence, justice safeguards, and indigenous knowledge determine whether ...
Lidar’s Hidden Price Tag: Why Mapping Tropical Forests Raises Hard Ethical Questions
A new commentary in Nature Ecology & Evolution argues that Lidar mapping of tropical forests can reinforce inequalities in knowledge, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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