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Neil deGrasse Tyson: We Can Use Hurricanes To Power The Cities Of Tomorrow
Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson is tired of how people deal with hurricanes and wants scientists to look into…
Climate Risks In COVID-19 Pandemic
Amid the pandemic, the climate crisis takes the backseat. How can we stay on track? The COVID-19 pandemic…
Head To These Top 10 2017 Easter Getaway This Weekend
Travel the world this Easter season to see how it is celebrated in a different country. From the…
How Climate Change Will Push People Toward Violence
A new book uses climate science and psychology to explain how a rapidly warming planet increases aggression and…
Climate change can shrink a nation’s GDP: Here’s why that matters
Climate change is already being felt around the world. Climate indicators demonstrate the complexity of climate change, adding…
How Cities Can Combat The Dangerous Combination Of Extreme Heat And COVID
Labor Day Weekend usually signals the end of summer, but this year, it seems like the record heat…
What Climate Change Means For Northern, Colder Cities
A new study outlines some of the effects that climate change will have on northern cities with cold…
When The Weather Is Extreme, Is Climate Change To Blame?
Dramatic weather events happened these past few weeks in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere. There were wildfires…
The Tech That’s Changing How Cities Help The Homeless
Every day, a team of community health paramedics in Austin, Texas, fans out across the city to provide…
Don’t Surrender, Reinvent: The New Mantra Of Small Biz In Puerto Rico
Just seven months ago, Puerto Rican chef Jose Sanchez opened the restaurant of his dreams: a place where…
How Green Roofs Can Protect Our City From Flooding
Spring and summer 2017 have been among the wettest on record in eastern North America. And the world…
The Top 10 Best Cities for Conservatives In The U.S. During Trump
Republicans should feel right at home in each of these conservative cities. Can’t bear the thought of another President…
The Top 10 Craziest Party Hotspots In The World
Some people love to party, at home or on vacation, and the world has some fantastic party destinations…
While We Fear The End, These Scientists Live The End Everyday
The scientists at the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center model cyberattacks, global pandemics, and megastorms. September 11…
Time And The City
If you stand on a rooftop along the East River in Brooklyn in the evening and look down…
What Big Data Means For Big Cities
Sometimes the most powerful and transformative technologies emerge by accident, an unintended consequence of other developments. When this…
Disaster Aids Reinvented For Cities
Past response strategies have focused on helping those in remote, rural areas. But when an earthquake, flood or…