Urbanization

Credit: UBC The past few months have been a highly unusual time as people sheltered in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Schools, streets and stadiums fell silent, tourist hot spots became ghost towns, and sidewalk…

Not overnight, but cities should plan aheadCredit: Image by Benjamin Clark and Anne Brown, NITC Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will challenge cities in ways that are difficult to fully predict, and yet critical to address early. A…

Global changes in land use are disrupting the balance of wild animal communities in our environment, and species that carry diseases known to infect humans appear to be benefiting, finds a new UCL-led study. The findings, published in…

Credit: Utah State University LOGAN, UTAH -- The National Science Foundation has awarded Utah State University a five-year, $26 million grant, renewable to 10-year, $50.6 million, to develop an international research center dedicated…

Education prof leads efforts to raise awareness of, address issue LOWELL, Mass. - While K-12 schools across Massachusetts are looking at options for reopening this fall in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report says public…

Credit: University of Plymouth, Plymouth Marine Laboratory The global expansion of coastal cities could leave more than three quarters of their neighbouring seafloor exposed to potentially harmful levels of light pollution. A study led…

Credit: Photo by Josephine Baran on Unsplash Shade from urban trees has long been understood to offer respite from the urban heat island effect, a phenomenon that can result in city centers that are 1-3 degrees Centigrade warmer…

Anyone who's lived or worked in old buildings knows that their heating and cooling systems can't compare to the efficiency, insulation and consistency of those in new buildings. But the quirks of old buildings' climate control systems…

Weak concrete, heavy trucks are the biggest threat, researchers say COLUMBUS, Ohio - Concrete sewer pipes around the world are most likely to fail either because their concrete is not strong enough or because they can't handle the weight…

A five-year study of wind energy potential in Saudi Arabia has culminated in a comprehensive blueprint for progressing the Kingdom's national wind energy strategy. Exhaustive high-resolution modeling was combined with a unique set of wind…

A set of ten new technical briefs synthesizes best practices and case studies from over 70 U.S. bike share systems on metrics, marketing, funding and more.Credit: Portland State University Last year, Portland State University's…

Plastic waste flowing into the seas each year could more than double by 2040, according to research Scientists track the fate of global plastic pollution, including open burning Integrated action can cut pollution - the single most…

Credit: Noah H. Rose Of about 3,500 mosquito species around the world, only a few have taken to specifically targeting people for biting, making them important spreaders of infectious diseases. To predict and help control the…

Online restaurant reviews can polarize winners and losers COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Just a few negative online restaurant reviews can determine early on how many reviews a restaurant receives long-term, a new study has found. The study,…

New research by SMART finds that one third of ridesourcing substitutes public transitCredit: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Study uses ridesourcing data to investigate the relationship between ridesourcing and…

The homes of wealthy Americans generate about 25% more greenhouse gases than residences in lower-income neighborhoods, mainly due to their larger size. In the nation's most affluent suburbs, those emissions can be as much as 15 times…

As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are critical to reaching Paris Agreement goals; 3.6 billion appliances in use now, 14 billion will be required by 2050 to meet all…

Leading climatetech innovation organizations launch multi-year initiative to accelerate the trillion-dollar carbon-to-value marketCredit: NYU Tandon New York City, N.Y., and Somerville, Mass., July 16, 2020. The Urban Future Lab at New…

Balancing supply and demand in the electricity marketCredit: UT Arlington Texas has emerged as a leader in alternative energy sources, such as solar and wind. As the state moves toward a "smart grid" delivery system, the…

Credit: Credit: Sydney Niles TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A dramatic oil spill, such as the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago, can dominate headlines for months while scientists, policymakers and the…