Meanwhile, as urbanization accelerates, cities are hotter than their surrounding rural areas. This phenomenon is known as the ...

Urbanization has had visible morphological effects on chipmunks and voles in the Chicago metro area. While both chipmunks and ...

"While the statistical signal of urban warming was rather weak due to noise in the data from other non-urbanization effects on weather, it was very consistent, showing up in all six classes of ...

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 ...

The study finds that urbanization, along with human-driven climate change, negatively impacts wildlife communities at local scales, reducing species occupancy, richness, and diversity.

Cities in low- and middle-income countries are experiencing a surge in urban heat island effects, driven by unplanned urban expansion, shrinking green spaces, and poor infrastructure, according to ...

Urbanization in Africa is accelerating quickly, showing no signs of slowing down. An international team of researchers addresses critical gaps in our understanding of how this urbanization affects ...

For the period 1895 to 2023, it was found that 8% of the rural warming trend was due to the urbanization effect, increasing to about 65% of the observed warming trend for suburban and urban locations.