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An urban evolved invasive plant tolerates experimental climate change

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Urbanization may drive invasive species evolution, resulting in greater invasion risks as global conditions change. We compared urban populations of the invasive Erigeron annuus in Zagreb, Croatia, to surrounding rural populations and found that urban‐evolved populations were more tolerant of experimental warming and drought than rural populations ...
S. Luke Flory, Drew Hiatt, Jesse Borden, Damjana Levačić, Sven Jelaska   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating Hidden Climate Change Impacts of Timber Cities Critically Depends on Proactive Forest and Waste Management. [PDF]

Environ Sci Technol
Yayla A, Danneaux A, Schurer E, Gao M, Demirci C, Rose C, van Ewijk S, Myers RJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

When alien plants become health hazards: An applied study on toxic and allergenic risks in Italy

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Alien plants are often studied for their ecological harm, but their risks to human and animal health remain poorly documented. This study provides the first comprehensive catalogue of poisonous and allergenic alien plants in Italy, identifying which species are dangerous, where they grow and who is most at risk—from children in city parks to pets and ...
Giulio Barone, Gianniantonio Domina, Giuseppe Venturella, Emilio Di Gristina   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are secondary cities in Asia and Africa ready for food systems transformation? Policy insights from Bangladesh, Kenya, Rwanda, and the Philippines. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Salunga DG, Wyss K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Increasing urban flash flood risk attributable to both climate and development

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
A new event impact attribution methodology that combines convection‐permitting climate model data with flood inundation modelling was used for a five‐hour flash‐flooding event in the suburbs of Leeds in 2014. The results show increased urban flood extent due to both climate change (+16%) and increased urbanisation (+29%).
Daniel F. Cotterill, Dann Mitchell, Peter A. Stott, Paul Bates, Youtong Rong, Leanne Archer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The state of the healthy city programme worldwide: a narrative review with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean region. [PDF]

J Health Popul Nutr
Poorhashemi-Ardakani MH, Tabrizi JS, Saadati M, Assai-Ardakani M, Elfeky S, Azami-Aghdash S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Impact of fragmented urbanization on observed precipitation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
This study investigates the impact of fragmented urban landscapes on downwind precipitation by applying an innovative observation‐centered approach to an extensive rain gauge network in Belgium. The approach classifies the observations based on the upwind urban land cover fraction, and compares precipitation indices between rural‐ and urban‐labeled ...
Amber Jacobs, Kwinten Van Weverberg, Steven Caluwaerts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heterogeneous associations of health expenditure, environmental pollution, and economic growth on life expectancy in BRICS economies. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Ridwan M, Antor ZA, Akther A, Ko J, Fakher HA, Leung CK, Ming WK.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Environmental pollution and sustainable restoration of the Yamuna River: A review of water quality, health risks, and phycoremediation

River, EarlyView.
Abstract The Yamuna River, one of India's most significant river systems and the largest tributary of the Ganges River, serves critical ecological, socio‐economic, and cultural functions. However, rapid urbanization, industrialization, and intensive agriculture have severely degraded its water quality, resulting in extensive pollution with untreated ...
Dharmendra Kumar, Gaurav Kumar, Elangbam Geetanjali, Rashmi Shakya, Deepali Verma, Shivankar Agrawal, Dinabandhu Sahoo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fertility transition across major Sub-Saharan African cities: the role of proximate determinants. [PDF]

Popul Health Metr
Mekonnen Y, Telake D.
europepmc   +1 more source