Cities are growing. Forests are shrinking. But what’s happening beneath our feet—in the soil of the very trees that line our ...

ABSTRACT: The growing conditions of urban trees differ substantially from forest sites and are mainly characterized by small planting pits with less water, nutrient and aeration availability, high ...

South Asia stands at the frontline of the global heat crisis. Climate change is driving longer, more frequent, and more intense heatwaves across the region. The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (2023) ...

Semi-arid cities, often characterized by scarce rainfall, high solar exposure, and low vegetation cover, are particularly vulnerable to urban heat island (UHI) effects and deteriorating thermal ...

This repository contains the official PyTorch implementation and the UMC4/12 Dataset for the paper: [UrbanGraph: Physics-Informed Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Heterogeneous Graphs for Urban Microclimate ...

Abstract: Urban heat islands (UHIs) pose critical challenges to public health, energy demand, and environmental sustainability, particularly in rapidly expanding urban regions. This study examines the ...

The temperature gauge reads 95 degrees Fahrenheit in the baseball field at Raleigh Court Park in Roanoke. Photo by Samantha Verrelli. On the hottest Virginia summer days, heat doesn’t treat every ...

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have investigated the impact of rooftop PV systems in urban microclimates and temperatures and have found that these ...

Urban beekeepers harvesting honey from city rooftops and vacant lots are discovering something remarkable – their honey contains significantly higher levels of antimicrobial compounds than rural honey ...

Amidst Dhaka city’s rapidly growing urban fabric, Dhanmondi Lake is one of the few remaining natural features that directly impacts the area’s microclimate, which is especially relevant to combating ...