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- Observation of the Earth shows that deforestation and urbanization cause three times more warming than CO2 Tue, 16 Apr 24, 7:00pmThere's a far more scientific way of understanding the climate, and that involves observing the actual climate system directly from space or in situ.
- Urbanization Effects on GHCN Temperature Trends, Part II: Evidence that Homogenization Spuriously Warms Trends Wed, 8 Feb 23, 1:00pmThus, it appears that NOAA’s homogenization procedure is spuriously warming station temperature trends (on average) when it should be cooling them. I don’t know how to conclude any different.
- De-Urbanization of Surface Temperatures with the Landsat-Based “Built-Up” Dataset Thu, 3 Nov 22, 8:00amBut given the fact that all CMIP6 climate models produce U.S. summer temperature trends greater than the NOAA observations means the discrepancy between climate models and observations is even larger than currently suspected...
- How pandemics are linked to climate change Mon, 25 May 20, 7:00pmVideo from the LA times (gag)
- China announces plans to build nearly 300 new eco-cities Wed, 6 Sep 17, 1:25amChina broke ground on a 40,000-tree-filled Forest City earlier this summer - but apparently one isn't enough. The country, infamous for their environmental pollution, plans to construct 285 eco-cities, according to Forbes....
- INFOGRAPHIC: How urbanization affects the environment Thu, 16 Apr 15, 12:30amUrbanization has fostered greater conveniences, cross-cultural collaborations, and ideas exchange—but what about its costs? The humane wildlife removal service Gotcha Wildlife explores urbanization’s negative impact on...
- Daniel Libeskind Unveils Twisting Vanke Shitang Pavilion for 2015 Milan Expo Thu, 22 May 14, 11:00pmIn addition to its central theme of food, the Vanke pavilion will also explore Chinese social issues caused by rapid urbanization such as the feeling of loneliness by aging empty nesters and the alienation of rural children...
- The Chinese demonstrate that UHI has a real and essential effect on regional climate change Tue, 14 May 13, 12:51amStudy finds that urbanization has considerable influence on the regional climate change, they even blame proximity to air-conditioning as a factor. Press release from Science China Press (full paper follows) Urbanization...
- The Atlanta BeltLine is a Smart, Ambitious 6,000 Acre Public Transportation Network by Perkins + Will Sat, 6 Oct 12, 12:31amRead the rest of The Atlanta BeltLine is a Smart, Ambitious 6,000 Acre Public Transportation Network by Perkins + Will Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Atlanta, Atlanta BeltLine, georgia, landscape,...
- XishuangbanNa Residence is a Sustainable Modern Bamboo High-Rise in China Mon, 1 Oct 12, 9:56pmRead the rest of XishuangbanNa Residence is a Sustainable Modern Bamboo High-Rise in China Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bamboo, china, eco design, green design, sustainable design, sustainable...
- Impact on temperature measurement: Cities expand by area equal to France, Germany and Spain combined in less than 20 years Tue, 3 Jul 12, 7:30amDr. Roger Pielke Sr. points out on his weblog this interesting press release from IGBP (from March 2012) that we all apparently missed until now. One of the points worth noting is that there were fewer than 20 cities of …...