City Life Shields Bats From Weather Swings, Landmark Acoustic Survey Reveals
A large-scale acoustic study across Israel shows that urban bats face fewer weather-related constraints on their activity than rural bats, ...
Tag: urban heat island
Urban Green Spaces May Shape Disease Risk in a Warming World, Researchers Warn
Researchers from the University of Exeter and the UK Health Security Agency call for public health decisions to weigh how ...
City Parks Flip From Winter Refuges to Summer Ovens for Birds, Three-Year Acoustic Study Finds
A three-year acoustic monitoring study in Shanghai reveals that urban green spaces act as warm winter refuges for birds but ...
Tiny Urban Voids Could Cool Historic Cities by Several Degrees, Study Finds
Researchers in Catania have developed a protocol that identifies tiny sealed urban voids and shows through microclimate simulation that converting ...
Kabul’s Hidden Crisis: Four Out of Five City Zones Face Three or More Disasters at Once
A new geospatial study finds that about 80 percent of Kabul is exposed to three or more overlapping environmental hazards, ...
Two Urban Climate Models Put to the Test in Singapore’s Tropical High-Rise Streets
A first-of-its-kind validation study shows that the PALM-4U and urbanMicroclimateFOAM models can accurately reproduce temperature, humidity and radiant heat in ...
Cities Don’t Just Get Soaked by Extreme Rain—They Help Brew It
A major review in Nature Cities synthesizes evidence that cities actively intensify short-duration extreme rainfall through heat, roughness and aerosols, ...
Istanbul’s Fog Is Far More Local Than Anyone Thought, 12-Year Study Reveals
A 12-year analysis of aviation observations across three Istanbul airports shows that fog in the megacity is a highly localized, ...
How Big Must a City Park Be to Cool Its Surroundings? Satellite Data Reveal a Surprising Ceiling
A satellite analysis of 456 green patches in Lucknow, India, shows that urban cooling rises with patch size up to ...
Riding Through the Furnace: How Extreme Heat Is Breaking India’s Auto-Rickshaw Drivers
A new study of 107 auto-rickshaw drivers in Satara, India, documents widespread heat-related illness and income loss, revealing how economic ...
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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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