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Geography is a branch of academic study broadly concerned with the Earth. Geographers can be roughly divided into those concerned with physical earth processes (physical geography), such as erosion and sedimentation, and those who are more concerned with human activities (human geography).
A neighborhood-scale model estimates that about 395 million people across 103 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean live in morphologically deprived areas — neighborhoods that are densely built, cramped and poorly connected by roads. More than one-third of these people live in small- and medium-sized cities, which reveals deprivation beyond the megacities that dominate global attention.
Researchers created a global, multi-temporal map of road surfaces and widths from satellite imagery, covering 9.2 million km of roads. The dataset reveals infrastructure change, connectivity gaps, and resilience patterns worldwide.
Fear of a possible ‘negative’ leap second is accelerating plans to abolish the adjustment.
A neighborhood-scale model estimates that about 395 million people across 103 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean live in morphologically deprived areas — neighborhoods that are densely built, cramped and poorly connected by roads. More than one-third of these people live in small- and medium-sized cities, which reveals deprivation beyond the megacities that dominate global attention.
A girl named Poetry did not know she had a skin color until a city told her. It would take a lifetime, and another city, to learn where home truly lives.
Marine protected areas can contribute to achieving biodiversity targets, especially when embedded in maritime spatial planning (MSP). Drawing on a screening of European MSP, this work presents a framework spanning pre-planning, planning and implementation. At each stage, it combines Strategic Environmental Assessment, a Criteria Checklist, and Strategic Recommendations to align conservation objectives, blue-economy activities and the rights and needs of coastal communities, supporting a more just, healthy and productive ocean.
Challenging the prevailing narratives of a ‘rural cloud’, 97.5% of data centers in the USA are situated in cities. Data center siting is driven by local infrastructure and fossil-fuel industrial legacy, which poses substantial challenges to urban livability.
The human consequences of armed conflict and climate change are often studied separately despite frequent co-occurrence of those events in fragile regions. A study now reveals a compounding effect of drought on post-traumatic stress from war, underlining the need for mental health services as a component of adaptation and humanitarian responses.