More sustainable than bricks or concrete, a Princeton research team created a house made almost entirely of straw — "ubiquitous, affordable and a natural insulator" — in an effort to show alternatives to timber and relieve the pressure of deforestation. https://t.co/VowqkI32zt
The newly released Sierra Nevada Atlas is a collection of maps, geospatial datasets, and associated text that presents geologic map layers, geophysical layers, economic geology layers, neotectonic features, and geochronology for the Sierra Nevada.
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An urban forest plan for New York City was shared this week. The forest plan is essential to help cool New York as temperatures rise from global warming, and counteract historic inequities in lower-income neighborhoods that have less access to shade.
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DELUS invites essays on the topic of season creep, the gradual changing in the length of the seasons, as demonstrated by earlier flowering of plants, thought by many to be caused by climate change. https://t.co/Es4ORE01HV
SAR offers a new seminar funded by the Getty that invites scholars to reimagine art history through equity, reciprocity, and community engagement. https://t.co/HBTZkK4zYk