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Urban heat mitigation by green and blue infrastructure: Drivers, effectiveness, and future needs

The Innovation
The combination of urbanization and global warming leads to urban overheating and compounds the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events due to climate change.
Prashant Kumar, Sisay E. Debele, Soheila Khalili, Christos H. Halios, Jeetendra Sahani, Nasrin Aghamohammadi, Maria de Fatima Andrade, Maria Athanassiadou, Kamaldeep Bhui, Nerea Calvillo, Shi-Jie Cao, Frederic Coulon, Jill L. Edmondson, David Fletcher, Edmilson Dias de Freitas, Hai Guo, Matthew C. Hort, Madhusudan Katti, Thomas Rodding Kjeldsen, Steffen Lehmann, Giuliano Maselli Locosselli, Shelagh K. Malham, Lidia Morawska, Rajan Parajuli, Christopher D.F. Rogers, Runming Yao, Fang Wang, Jannis Wenk, Laurence Jones   +28 more
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Selective Optical Properties of Cement for Enhanced Radiative Cooling and Energy‐Efficient Construction Materials

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, Volume 9, Issue 4, July 2026.
Cement phases are good materials for radiative cooling thanks to the selective emissivity in IR ATW. Cement powders have high reflectance of solar radiation which reduces the thermal losses. The onset of the absorption curves is defined by bound excitons. Sulfates have higher radiated powers and reflectance than calcium silicates.
Jozef Janovec, Guido Goracci, Jorge S. Dolado, Andrés Ayuela   +3 more
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INFLUENCE OF URBAN AND MICROENVIRONMENT PARAMETERS ON APARTMENT OVERHEATING DURING HEATWAVES IN THE NORDIC CLIMATE REGION

, 2023
Due to climate change, there is an increased risk of apartment overheating. Apartment overheating reduced thermal comfort and it could create health problems for the elderly and vulnerable persons. In Nordic countries, long heatwaves have not been common
Kravchenko, Ilia, Kilpeläinen, Simo, Kosonen, Risto   +2 more
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Spatiotemporal variation in urban overheating magnitude and its association with synoptic air-masses in a coastal city. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2021
Khan HS, Santamouris M, Kassomenos P, Paolini R, Caccetta P, Petrou I.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Under the Same Roof: Educational Attainment and Adult Co‐Residence With Parents

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 5, July 2026.
ABSTRACT We study the influence of higher education on the likelihood of co‐residence between adults in their late 20s and their parents. We exploit a policy change that expanded the supply of higher education in Greece to compare the probability of attaining higher education and the probability of living with parents between individuals who were just,
Yiannis Kountouris, Kyriaki Remoundou
wiley   +1 more source

Atmospheric Deposition of Organic Pollutants: A Comprehensive Review of Sampling and Analytical Methodologies

Analytical Science Advances, Volume 7, Issue 1, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Atmospheric deposition of organic pollutants plays a crucial role in the transport and fate of contaminants in the environment, with implications for ecosystem health and human exposure. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and microplastics are increasingly recognized as transboundary threats due to ...
Iva Smoljo, Gordana Mendaš, Gordana Pehnec   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

For the mitigation of urban heat island and urban noise island: two simultaneous sides of urban discomfort

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Urban environment well-being has become a crucial public issue to face, given the huge concentration of population and climate change-related hazards at a city scale.
I Kousis, A L Pisello
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Scene Investigation from the Sky: Current and Future Uses of Unoccupied Aerial Systems in Forensic Investigations

WIREs Forensic Science, Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2026.
Police drone technology could be utilized to support forensic scene investigations. If the challenges of implementing new technologies can be overcome, drones could improve operational efficiency, interpretation issues and add investigative value in the courtroom. ABSTRACT Unoccupied aerial systems (UAS; otherwise known as Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
Clare Barrett, Sébastien Moret, Denis Werner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Morphology and Surface Urban Heat Island Relationship During Heat Waves: A Study of Milan and Lecce (Italy)

Remote Sensing
The urban heat island (UHI) effect, marked by higher temperatures in urban areas compared to rural ones, is a key indicator of human-driven environmental changes.
Antonio Esposito, Gianluca Pappaccogli, Antonio Donateo, Pietro Salizzoni, Giuseppe Maffeis, Teodoro Semeraro, Jose Luis Santiago, Riccardo Buccolieri   +7 more
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“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 421-433, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori, Ileana De Giuseppe, Fabrizio Frontalini, Luca Pellegrino, Richard W. Jordan, Pierfrancesco Callieri, Emad Matin, Alireza Askari Chaverdi, Hamid Fadaei, Valeria Mengacci, Fulvio Fantino   +10 more
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