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29 mature trees. the loss will increase temperatures due to lost tree canopy, urban heat island effect. the loss will increase flash flooding as deep roots of 29 large mature trees absorb huge abou… |
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Case in point, St Peter's Square in Manchester. The redevelopment included planting large trees. 🌳
During the heatwave the number of people using the shade says everything. Better urban cooling, … |
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Friday: Widespread life-threatening flash and urban flooding continues in Texas. Dense wildfire smoke continues to impact the Great Lakes to New England.
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Wildfire smoke isn’t the same as regular smoke or even typical urban air pollution.
It’s significantly worse! |
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Wildfire headaches are not an urban myth. |
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As temperatures soar, it’s time to close the green space gap
While urban greening can help mitigate extreme heat, such spaces are not distributed equitably
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Deaths in the Paris region doubled during the June 2026 heatwave, driven by urban heat-trapping, limited green space, and city design not suited to extreme heat.
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Paris mortality rates more than doubled during the June heatwaves, new data shows.
A combination of urban design, the heat sink effect, poverty and a lack of facilities makes the French capital th… |
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BC's Engineering Department has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study hyperlocal flooding and rainfall sensor development in urban settings while also promoting interest in and … |
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Green spaces aren't just nice to have – they're essential!
This week, #BBCBreakfast highlighted how urban green spaces can help cities stay cooler during periods of extreme heat ☀️
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Climate change, urban growth fuel Lagos flooding: Lagos, a mega city of around 20 million people, is facing worsening flooding due to a combination of climate change and rapid urbanization. The cit… |
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Wildfires are also increasingly directly impacting community water systems in urban snd rural areas across the country — much infrastructure investment needed iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... |
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The day has come in NYC 🐴💛 This milestone brings New York City closer to a future where horses are no longer forced to haul tourists through congested streets, endure extreme weather, or spend thei… |
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there's several kinds of people who (used to) go to chernobyl, normal tourists (respectful), influencers (scum), nerds who loved the stalker games (hopefully respectful) and people who wanted to ge… |
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If you have allergies, pets, live in an urban environment, live in a place that's ever affected by wildfire smoke (aka, almost everywhere), use a gas stove, or cook generally, you will love an air … |
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2/4 📌 Chapter 1 (Published in Natural Hazards): Mapped urban flood extents using satellite imagery, advancing our ability to detect and monitor flooding in complex urban environments. 🔗 Read it her… |
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Beavers did what millions in grey infrastructure couldn't.
After beavers were reintroduced to an urban park in West London, flooding at Greenford Tube stopped, biodiversity boomed, and the council… |
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Sky smeared with the colors of the Ontario wildfires aside, what struck me about these pictures of Minneapolis was how oddly wide and empty I now find the streets. It seems my sense of what urban s… |
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Geographic sampling bias dominates apparent urban enhancement of tropical cyclone precipitation in eastern China |
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What covers the ground around us has a big effect on how hot the air feels! Surface temps taken around Dublin show how important trees and green spaces are in our urban centers. The best way to bea… |
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🟢 Analysis | 5/10
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Heatwave in Europe affects infrastructure and logistics
Extreme heat in Europe is causing melting runways, railway disruptions, nuclear plant shutdowns, and urban overheating,… ×2 |
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| 10d ago |
Air Quality Education Alert! Check out this comic by the Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth: "The Unit" is a comic that discusses the ways to protect ourselves against air pollution from forest fir… |
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Extreme flooding in China does not stop - just one example of many
Xiahe County in Gansu Province
"On the evening of July 13, Xiahe County in Gansu Province was suddenly hit by torrential rain, a… |
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Flood Advisory for Shelby, TN until 6:00 PM CDT. Flooding from excessive rainfall is expected; minor flooding/ponding in urban areas is occurring or imminent.... Interactive map: https://greenewx.c… |
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15.07.2026
China
'Nearly the Entire Urban Area of Dunhua, Jilin, Is Submerged in Water!
On July 15, the flood peak of the main stream of the Mudanjiang River passed through Dunhua, with river w… |
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15.07.2026
'Nearly the Entire Urban Area of Dunhua, Jilin, Is Submerged in Water!
On July 15, the flood peak of the main stream of the Mudanjiang River passed through Dunhua, Jilin, with river w… |
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In US West, drought pits farms against towns, industry in scramble for water. #water #urban #rural #agriculture #industry www.reuters.com/world/americ... |
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Interesting and a little counterintuitive: shallow coastal urban flooding is exacerbated by paved surfaces, sure, but severe flooding mostly from inflow from surrounding rural areas to flattest, lo… |
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