This is an increasing concern in cities where human activity and building density cause an Urban Heat Island effect. Urban Heat Islands have higher temperatures than the surrounding rural areas. Night time temperatures remain higher, putting the most vulnerable residents at risk. The researchers explored the links between heat exposure, housing characteristics, vulnerable populations and the risk of summer energy poverty.
European Natural Gas through the 2020s
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Valuing the reciprocating services that humans can provide to ecosystems
A new article co-authored by colleagues from the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity examines not only what ecosystems can do for humankind, but also how humans can ‘give back’ or reciprocate.
07 May 2025
Inheritance without the heritage: fig trees, ecology and imaginative attachments to fetih (conquest)
A new article by Sertaç Sehlikoglu examines fig trees and the ecological effects of imaginative attachments to fetih (conquest)
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