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Urban heat island effect on Midland-Odessa
NewsWest 9· 17 hours agoAsphalt, concrete, rooftops and buildings are very common in urban areas. These surfaces tend to have a low albedo, which means they absorb the sun's...
Where do Utahns live? It ain’t in the country
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPeople walk on a sidewalk in downtown Salt Lake City on Oct. 10, 2022. A new analysis found that 9 out of 10 Utahns live in an urban area. | Ben B. Braun...
Naples pilot program could turn guesthouses into workforce housing in Urban Estates
Naples Daily News· 1 day agoThe houses could provide more affordable housing, addressing a critical shortage in Collier County....
Electric Cars Twice As Likely To Hit Pedestrians, According to New Study
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoStudy reveals a higher risk of accidents in urban areas across Great Britain from 2013 to 2017. A...
Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 days agoThe impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a...
UN court order demanding that Israel halt its Gaza offensive further isolates the US position
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 1 hour ago“What we have seen so far in terms of Israel’s military operations in that area has been more...
We can win seats again say Welsh Liberal Democrats
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoWe stand for the environment, we make sure that our rivers are cleaner and we want better childcare for our working families. “We very much are looking...
Pedestrians Twice as Likely to Be Hit by Electric Cars Versus Gas-Powered Ones | FOX 28 Spokane
FOX 28 Spokane· 3 days agoIt’s even more risky in urban areas, with people there more than three times as likely to be hit by...
Bleeding Out
San Antonio Express-News· 1 hour agoA two-year investigation by the Dallas Morning News and the San Antonio Express-News has found dozens of deaths each day, from rural towns in Texas to...
Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno
Wired News· 8 hours agoParts of Sydney are facing increasingly humid summers in an otherwise temperate climate. In addition...