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The Spooky Rise of ‘Ghost Forests’ Along the Eastern Seaboard Photo: Jennifer S. Walker/Rutgers University–New Brunswick The impacts of climate change are going from spooky to downright scary. A new report chronicles the rise of ghost forests along the East Coast as sea level rise turns soils salty and inundates formerly dry land. Advertisement It’s well-documented that the climate crisis is pushing up sea levels and increasing flooding from high tides and sea surges. That’s putting people, infrastructure, and ecosystems at risk. It’s all very scary, but one particularly spooky re...

Coastal forests in the mid-Atlantic and southern New England (from Virginia through Massachusetts) have a mix of hardwoods and evergreen trees. They provide habitat for an array of rare plants and wildlife, store carbon and are valuable timber resources. Coastal forests along with adjacent salt marshes also help buffer inland areas from coastal storms. But sea-level rise is altering coastal forest ecosystems and “ghost forests” filled with dead trees are becoming a growing phenomenon in parts of the Northeast. Working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northeast Climate Hub and in ...

Let's Stop Asking People to Walk All Day: A Call for Easily Accessible Walk Time Estimation Kathryn M. Clifton, ICT4D Knowledge Management and Communications Specialist, Catholic Relief Services Kathryn M. Clifton, ICT4D Knowledge Management and Communications Specialist, Catholic Relief Services A program in Madagascar may have just changed the way international development programs operate, but we need an easy tool to take this to scale. CRS’ Daniel Andriantsimba considered why some beneficiaries were not showing up for a food distribution. He realized some were likely walk...

Why does L.A. have so many COVID-19 cases? A lack of affordable housing and the resulting crowded apartments play a major role in L.A. County’s nearly 1.2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, USC experts say. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 (Illustration/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Despite a leveling off of the COVID spike in Los Angeles in recent weeks, the city’s death toll continues to rise. It’s left people around Southern California and the rest of the country asking the same question: Why does L.A. have so many COVID-19 cases? Envisioning L.A. housing in...

The 5th Guangzhou Award Shortlist Released in Guangzhou News provided by Share this article Share this article GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sustainable development is an essential issue in today's human society. The global spread of COVID-19 highlights the importance and urgency of sustainable development. A total of 273 initiatives from 175 cities and local governments in 60 countries and regions applied for the 5th Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation, which fully demonstrated global cities' determination to adhere to exchanges and cooperation under the epide...