How city roads trap migrating fish
A recent US study found tyre chemicals were polluting rivers and poisoning migratory salmon.
Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley, Sêr Cymru Research Fellow in Environmental Sciences, Swansea University •
conversation
Jan. 8, 2021 • ~5 min
Jan. 8, 2021 • ~5 min
Homes are flooding outside FEMA's 100-year flood zones, and racial inequality is showing through
New risk models show nearly twice as many properties are at risk from a 100-year flood today than the government's flood maps indicate.
Kevin T. Smiley, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Louisiana State University •
conversation
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~8 min
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~8 min
Is your neighborhood raising your coronavirus risk? Redlining decades ago set communities up for greater danger
Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.
Sarah Rowan, Assistant Professor of Medicine-Infectious Disease, University of Colorado Denver •
conversation
May 26, 2020 • ~11 min
May 26, 2020 • ~11 min
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