Activists gather near Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles, one of the largest contiguous urban oil fields in the country. (Citizens of the Planet / Getty Images) This story was produced for ...

Air pollution. Traffic. Animals dying. Habitat loss. All of these issues are side effects of urbanization, according to the United Nations. But, with a new rewilding solution that is being tested in ...

As temperatures rise around the world, city heat becomes increasingly unbearable during the hottest seasons. The urban heat island effect causes cities to become significantly warmer than surrounding ...

In “Effects of Urbanization on the Diversity, Abundance, and Composition of Ant Assemblages in an Arid City” past visiting assistant professor Javier Miguelena and Paul Baker sampled the ant ...

A warming climate could make cities even less hospitable to wild mammals, according to new research. By Emily Anthes Don’t let the rats fool you. Although the pizza-pilfering vagabonds — and a variety ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the ...