New research underscores the need to counter the effects of urban growth on drought by ensuring cities have enough green spaces to keep them liveable.
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What does fire management do to soils? We compared prescribed burning to cultural burning and looked at how soil properties changed after fire. Cultural burning was better.
Record low water levels on the Mississippi and other major rivers, as seen in 2022, could become more common, threatening transportation of many key goods and raising prices.
Flash droughts can develop within a few weeks, causing water shortages, damaging crops and worsening fire risks.
Researchers have collated measurements made by satellites, field sensors and people, to get a picture of the nature’s recovery while we’ve been in lockdown.
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Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis
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Murramarang and Walbunga Elder, Indigenous Knowledge
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CEO, Ulladulla Local Aboriginal Land Council, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Biogeochemistry, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Memphis
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University