A new study analyzing more than 100 cities across Asia, Africa, and Latin America has quantified the stark consequences of ...

The most predominant health problems associated with urbanization are poor nutrition, pollution-related health conditions, the emergence of infectious diseases, inadequate sanitation, and housing ...

In “Effects of Urbanization on the Diversity, Abundance, and Composition of Ant Assemblages in an Arid City” past visiting assistant professor Javier Miguelena and Paul Baker sampled the ant ...

Urbanization is rapidly growing worldwide, often bringing negative effects on wildlife through loss of habitat and ...

With more than half of the world’s population living in urban areas and urban areas continuing to expand, the role of urban vegetation in carbon sequestration becomes more important. A common ...

Latin America has had a very rapid and intense urbanization process in the last century. Along with North America, both regions have the highest levels of urbanization worldwide. The cities where most ...

Study cities across North America and the study's modeling approach. We depict the locations of 20 cities participating in the long-term monitoring of wildlife species, as part of UWIN, across a ...

A recent study has uncovered compelling evidence suggesting that the climate effects of new particles in urban areas have been significantly underestimated. Particles play a crucial role in climate ...

Scientists know that urbanization and irrigation can significantly influence rainfall. However, they don’t fully know how these effects vary among different types of rain. Researchers investigated how ...