Crowd sensing for the environment: Citizen science and plant apps map how urbanization alters city soils and climate

Across Europe, built-up areas are warmer, drier, and darker than the green spaces within the same cities. Their soils are more alkaline, saltier, poorer in nutrients, and more strongly disturbed by mechanical soil management than those in parks or urban forests.

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#CitizenScience #environment #plants #urbanization #climate #soil #city #CrowdSensing

Africa: African Cities Are Diverse and Thriving, but Face Many Challenges. How to Make Them Healthier: [The Conversation Africa] A new book called Urban Health in Africa explores how rapid urbanisation across the continent shapes public health and wellbeing. Drawing on diverse research and case studies, the book reframes African cities not just as sites of challenge, but as places of… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRfzlM #UrbanHealth #AfricanCities #SustainableDevelopment #PublicHealth #Urbanization

New publication: #Urbanization is associated with innate #immune functions in adult, but not nestling #Turdusmerula (#EurasianBlackbird).
https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duaf056

Africa: Obesity Is On the Rise in Africa - 5 Essential Reads On What to Do: [The Conversation Africa] Obesity - which the World Health Organization classifies as a disease - is not just an individual issue; it is shaped by the systems people live in. Research shows that urbanisation, economic status and food marketing strategies, for example, play a role along with more personal factors. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRH9WF #Obesity #AfricaHealth #PublicHealth #Nutrition #Urbanization

Pakistan’s population story in one clear graphic. From 35.8M in 1950 to about 259M in 2026, growth slowing but pressure rising on cities, jobs, and resources. Data matters. See the trend. #Pakistan #Population #DataJournalism #Demographics #Urbanization #SouthAsia

I use the new Kaldor facts to compare China with the US. Institutions, ideas, human capital, urbanization & size of the market all matter for prosperity. The US is still the technological frontier. For how long? Societies make choices. Link to article in comments. #economicgrowth #institutions #education #globalization #urbanization

Once upon a time, in the land known as Sumer, the people built a temple to their god, who had conquered the forces of chaos and brought order to the world. #History #Uruk #Urbanization #SumerianLanguage #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Eridu #City #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-678-en/