How much carbon dioxide can car-sharing slash?
Each car2go eliminated up to 11 privately-owned vehicles from the roads and prevented 10 to 14 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, they found.
Who needs turbines? This flat device captures energy from wind and sun
From panels and thin-film laminates to spray paint, scientists have come up with several solar power technologies that can be plastered on houses and buildings. Not so wind.
Cities have fewer plants but more productive ones
Just about everything is faster-paced in cities, including the growth of plants, according to a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
It’s not just noise that makes city birds sing a different tune
Scientists know that bird song sounds different in cities than it does in rural areas.
A simple way to find the few energy hogs driving up a city’s emissions
Retrofitting only 16 percent of buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts could amount to a 40 percent reduction in gas consumption of the whole building stock.
Cities have hidden networks of cheap air pollution monitors
Government air quality monitoring stations may be inadequate to detect some important sources of air pollution, according to a new study.
Street trees really do make people healthier
It’s easy enough to claim that being in nature makes people feel better. It certainly feels like it’s true.
How do urban bats cope with city lights?
The common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, is a wide-ranging bat, making its home in city and country alike across most of Europe, Northern Africa, and into Southwestern Asia, possib
Is there an optimal urbanization strategy?
Cities are going to get bigger.
Google Methane Mapping
Environmental Defensive Fund has teamed up with Google Earth Outreach to pinpoint and map cities’ methane leaks—with Google Street View cars
