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October 21, 2024 Beatrix Beisner, _Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)_ A lake or river is not an isolated entity but one of the most visible facets of a much larger, and more dynamic,

watershed. The health of these entire systems should be an utmost priority. August 21, 2024 Neil Carter, _University of Michigan_ and Deqiang Ma, _University of Michigan_ As the world’s

population grows, contact between humans and wildlife will increase in more than half of Earth’s land areas. A new study shows where the largest changes will occur. August 11, 2024 Astrid

R.N. Haas, _University of Toronto_ African countries can learn a lot from Hong Kong on how to use the gains from rising urban land prices to fund infrastructure and other public services.

March 14, 2024 Megan Phifer-Rixey, _Drexel University_ An evolutionary biologist is studying what these resilient urban pests can teach us about adaptation and evolution. January 18, 2024 El

hadji Sow, _Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar_ Contrary to popular beliefs, salt extraction has never been detrimental to the survival of the pink lake; instead, it prevents its

asphyxiation. December 13, 2023 Richard Carney, _Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen_ More autocratic governments, growing urbanization and emerging technologies will bolster the

spread of Chinese influence around the world, an expert on emerging economies explains. February 2, 2023 Nehal El-Hadi, _The Conversation_ and Daniel Merino, _The Conversation_ During the

global COVID-19 pandemic, people started moving into smaller cities, drawn by the possibility of more affordable and pleasant quality of life. October 27, 2022 Daniel Merino, _The

Conversation_ and Gemma Ware, _The Conversation_ __In this week’s episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with three scientists who study the ways plants and animals evolve in a world

dominated by humans. September 5, 2022 Michael Drescher, _University of Waterloo_; Dawn Parker, _University of Waterloo_, and Rebecca Rooney, _University of Waterloo_ Well-designed

residential developments with abundant tree cover can help protect cities against urban heat and flooding. July 27, 2022 Shin Koseki, _Université de Montréal_ The sustainable and inclusive

development of the St. Lawrence River is essential. A prolonged laissez-faire attitude will have harmful consequences on people and the environment. June 8, 2022 Lingshan Li, _Concordia

University_ During heatwaves, the highest temperatures are often found in urbanized areas. Small green spaces are often overlooked as a way to cool urban areas. October 20, 2021 John Rennie

Short, _University of Maryland, Baltimore County_ More than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and that share is growing. Rapid climate change could make many cities unlivable

in the coming decades without major investments to adapt. May 3, 2020 Melissa Marschke, _L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa_; Jean-François Rousseau, _L’Université

d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa_; Laura Schoenberger, _L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa_, and Michael Hoffmann, _Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg_ As sand markets boom,

entrepreneurs, organized crime and others are cashing in — leaving widespread environmental damage in their wake. March 4, 2020 Suresh V. Kuchipudi, _Penn State_ COVID-19 is not the first –

nor likely the last – to emerge from the two continents. February 17, 2020 Roger Keil, _York University, Canada_; Creighton Connolly, _University of Lincoln_, and S. Harris Ali, _York

University, Canada_ The current outbreak of COVID-19 underscores the need to study urban growth to understand the spread and control of future epidemics. November 14, 2019 Henry F. (Chip)

Carey, _Georgia State University_ From Santiago and La Paz to Beirut and Jakarta, many of the cities now gripped by protest share a common problem: They’ve grown too much, too fast. April 2,

2019 Kate E. Smith, _University of British Columbia_; Diane Hanano, _University of British Columbia_, and Dominique Weis, _University of British Columbia_ Urban pollutants are a health

concern in growing cities. Scientists are turning to honey bees to help monitor contaminants in soil, water, air and plants. February 12, 2019 Hamilton Coimbra Carvalho, _Universidade de São

Paulo (USP)_ Brazil’s scorpion infestation, which is terrorizing residents of São Paulo and other major cities, is a classic ‘wicked problem.’ That means officials must think

outside-the-box to fix it. September 19, 2018 Christopher Boone, _Arizona State University_ Today, 8 out of every 10 Americans live in a city or suburb. July 18, 2018 Meg Holden, _Simon

Fraser University_ Our current celebration of cities is a big shift from the past generation when cities were seen to contain all of our problems. Should we believe the hype? Are the new

ideas equally problematic?