News articles tagged with 'urbanisation'
Ecologists use 70-year-old pressed plants to chart city's vanishing native flora
— 18 Mar 2011 14:44 | BiologyMore than half of the world's population now lives in cities, yet we know little about how urbanisation affects biodiversity. In one the first studies of its kind, ecologists in Indianapolis,…
Population trends: Another influence on climate change
— 12 Oct 2010 09:19 | EnvironmentChanges in population growth and composition, including ageing and urbanisation, could significantly affect global emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years, according to a…
Aquatic life declines at early stages of urban development
— 4 Jun 2010 16:49 | EnvironmentThe number of native fish and aquatic insects, especially those that are pollution sensitive, declines in urban and suburban streams at low levels of development - levels often considered…
Study finds colorectal cancer rates increasing worldwide
— 10 Jun 2009 04:52 | HealthA new study finds colorectal cancer incidence rates for both males and females increased in 27 of 51 countries worldwide between 1983 and 2002, and points to increasing Westernisation…
Industrialisation of China increases fragility of global food supply
— 22 Jan 2009 20:18 | EnvironmentGlobal grain markets are facing breaking point according to new research by the University of Leeds into the agricultural stability of China…
Similarity of urban flora
— 29 Sep 2008 16:31 | EnvironmentMore plant species grow in German towns and cities than in the countryside, but those in towns and cities are more closely related and are often functionally similar This makes urban…
Some migratory birds can not find success in urban areas
— 1 Apr 2008 22:37 | BiologyNew research finds fresh evidence that urbanisation in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds. But the six-year study also refutes one of the…
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