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Articles, resources, and announcements from Urbanization/Urban Sprawl.
People and heat spread north into Arctic permafrost.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
Increased human population often leads to greater influence on the environment and sharper declines in species and ecosystems.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
Researchers map vegetation and analyze the heat island effect in the urban landscape.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
A new biomass map of Africa will help answer a complex question: what are the global and local effects of land-use change in African forests?
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
Datasets from NASA's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center provide new insights for scientists studying human-environment interactions.
News
July 6, 2020
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