Tag: Urban
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
Tim Slack, Louisiana State University and Shannon M. Monnat, Syracuse University
Roughly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural...
Why rural Coloradans feel ignored − a resentment as old as...
Kayla Gabehart, Michigan Technological University
Many rural Coloradans, especially in agricultural communities, feel looked down on by their urban...
Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter...
Dan O'Brien, Northeastern University
It’s summer, and it’s been hot, even in northern cities such as Boston. But not...
Flood maps show US vastly underestimates contamination risk at old industrial...
Thomas Marlow, New York University; James R. Elliott, Rice University, and Scott Frickel, Brown University
Climate science is clear:...
Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees,...
Yuyu Zhou, Iowa State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Los Angeles’ long, troubled history with urban oil drilling is nearing...
Jill Johnston, University of Southern California and Bhavna Shamasunder, Occidental College
Los Angeles had oil wells pumping in its...
Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
Hessam AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randolph E. Kirchain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When heat waves hit, people...
Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
Hessam AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randolph E. Kirchain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When heat waves hit, people...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
