City lights that blaze all night are profoundly disrupting urban plants’ phenology – shifting when their buds open in the spring and when their leaves change colors and drop in the fall. New research shows how nighttime lights are lengthening the growing season in cities, which can affect everything from allergies to local economies.
Continue reading →In Britain there is still no system of environmental law despite half a century of growing public awareness of environmental degradations, of species extinction and the poisoning of the rivers and seas.
Continue reading →formed, offering people fresh drinking and irrigation water; however, due to their high value and scarcity, they have also been sources of contention, creating competition among communities and countries. Today, as climate change threatens the global supply of water, these conflicts are more pronounced in certain areas, escalating in disunity and violence.
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