Geospatial models map urban growth and thermal conditions in Bahir Dar
A geospatial study found that built-up land expanded sharply in Bahir Dar between 1992 and 2022, while models projected further ...
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Research report: Multi-scenario responses of ecological security networks in the Yangtze River Delta under a multi-model framework
A multi-model study found that modeled ecological protection constrained urban growth in the Yangtze River Delta through 2035 but left ...
Kano’s Seven-Decade Urban Explosion: How Roads Reshaped an Ancient Nigerian City
A seven-decade geospatial analysis shows Kano's built-up area grew nearly thirteenfold between 1950 and 2020, with transportation corridors, not formal ...
Iraq’s Bahr Al-Najaf wetland loses nearly half its water as urban sprawl surges 192 percent
The distinction between deep water and shallow water classes in the Bahr Al-Najaf classification scheme reflects a challenge familiar to ...
Mapping the Sun and Wind: New Framework Aligns Clean Energy With Desert City Growth
A new GIS-based framework in Saudi Arabia's Al-Qassim region maps where solar, wind, and hybrid renewable energy zones align or ...
AI-Powered Satellite Models Predict Ethiopian Town Will Lose Nearly Half Its Farmland by 2050
A new study combining Landsat imagery and neural network modeling shows that Fiche Town in central Ethiopia more than doubled ...
When Cities Swallow Farms: Ethiopian Farmers Reveal What Fair Compensation Really Takes
A survey of 480 households in Northwest Ethiopia finds that while urban expansion brought electricity, piped water, and roads, displaced ...
Lima’s Endangered Fog-Oasis Tree Faces a Pincer of Climate Change and Sprawling City Growth
An ensemble modelling study finds that Lima's Critically Endangered fog-oasis tree Vasconcellea candicans could see urban encroachment on its best ...
Port-au-Prince’s Breakneck Urban Boom Is Rewiring Flood Risk from Mountain Ridges to the Sea
Satellite records show Port-au-Prince's built-up area more than quadrupled between 2015 and 2025, converting the vegetated slopes that regulate runoff ...
Bare Ground Before the City: Ibadan’s Predictable Path of Urban Expansion
A two-decade satellite analysis of Ibadan's peri-urban corridor reveals that urban expansion follows a predictable sequence from vegetation to bare ...
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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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