by Mary Scott Nabers | May 4, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Featured, Infrastructure, Public Private Partnerships (P3s), Uncategorized
Climate change has been the cause of immeasurable damage over the last few decades, and there is no end in sight. In addition to the tragic loss of lives, natural disasters have impacted at least some part of the infrastructure in every region of the country. To halt...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jul 19, 2021 | Climate
Researchers at UC San Diego have compiled a database of temperature by census tract, which, when combined with other census data, allowed the researchers to study the correlation between heat and various socioeconomic metrics like poverty. Their findings were...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jun 29, 2021 | Climate
A group of researchers in the Pacific Northwest are collecting data from trees in urban areas, hoping to use the data to predict the impact of climate change on urban tree populations. From Portland State University: Portland State University graduate and postdoctoral...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jun 29, 2021 | Climate
Albuquerque is one of numerous cities now recruiting “street scientists” to record temperatures and humidity in specific spots, in a bid to better understand which neighborhoods are more vulnerable to extreme heat waves. From ABQ News: As many as 90...
