News tagged with urban area
ACS podcast: Grow a garden on your roof to battle climate change
Oct 19, 2009 |
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"Green" roofs, those increasingly popular urban rooftops covered with plants, could help fight global warming, scientists in Michigan report in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning podcast ...
Glass-walled buildings can mean death for birds, killing 1 to 5 percent of them a year
Aug 07, 2009 |
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The front of Temple University's student center is an almost seamless wall of glass, reflecting trees and sky in lifelike detail and adding visual appeal to the urban landscape.
UGA licenses new Bermuda grass that thrives in sun and shade
May 27, 2009 |
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An internationally recognized turfgrass researcher from the University of Georgia has developed a new Bermudagrass that thrives in sun, but also produces healthy turf in areas with less than half the light normally required ...
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Threats to biodiversity rise in the world's Mediterranean-climate regions
Feb 17, 2009 |
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In the first systematic analysis of threats to the biodiversity of the world's mediterranean-climate regions, scientists at The Nature Conservancy and UC Davis report that these conservation hotspots are facing significant ...
Nuclear weapons: Predicting the unthinkable
Nov 22, 2009 |
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If a nuclear weapon were detonated in a metropolitan area, how large would the affected area be? Where should first responders first go? According to physicist Fernando Grinstein, we have some initial understanding to address ...
City-dwellers have higher risk of late-stage cancer than rural residents
May 11, 2009 |
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People who live in urban areas are more likely to develop late-stage cancer than those who live in suburban and rural areas. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the June 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journa ...
Researchers identify cities at risk for terrorism
Mar 04, 2008 |
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A University of Arizona researcher has created a new system to dramatically show American cities their relative level of vulnerability to bioterrorism.
'Green' roofs may help put lid on global warming
Sep 23, 2009 |
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"Green" roofs, those increasingly popular urban rooftops covered with plants, could help fight global warming, scientists in Michigan are reporting.
Chloride found at levels that can harm aquatic life in urban streams of the Northern US
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Levels of chloride, a component of salt, are elevated in many urban streams and groundwater across the northern U.S., according to a new government study.
Firm location determines equity issuance
Jun 24, 2008 |
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[B]Seasoned equity offerings less common for rural firms[/B] A new study in the journal Financial Management reveals that firms in rural areas are less likely to issue equity than firms in urban areas. In addition, rural firm ...
Some migratory birds can't find success in urban areas, study finds
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Apr 01, 2008 |
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New research finds fresh evidence that urbanization in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds. But the six-year study also refutes one of the most widely accepted explanations of why ...
Ecosystem, vegetation affect intensity of urban heat island effect
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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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 ...
Networks of small habitat patches can preserve urban biodiversity
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Nov 13, 2008 |
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Sets of small and seemingly insignificant habitat patches that are within reach for mobile species may under certain circumstances, as a group, provide an acceptable alternative to larger and contiguous habitats. This finding ...
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