http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. NASA researchers studying urban landscapes have found that the intensity of the "heat island" created by a city depends on the ecosystem it replaced and on the regional climate. Urban areas developed in arid and semi-arid regions show far less heating compared with the surrounding countryside than cities built amid forested and temperate climates. http://www.physorg.com/news180120409.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:30:02 EST news180120409 A new Montana State University study says that weather, especially in late winter and early spring, is getting warmer in northwestern North America. http://www.physorg.com/news153671746.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:36:32 EST news153671746 Flooding like that which devastated the North of England last year is set to become a common event across the UK in the next 75 years, new research has shown. http://www.physorg.com/news150637156.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:39:16 EST news150637156