by Kayla Guilliams | Nov 3, 2021 | Climate, Featured, Urbanization
The Data-Driven EnviroLab’s study investigating the disproportionate impacts of the Urban Heat Island Effect in major U.S. cities has been adapted for young people by the Science Journal for Kids and Teens! The UHI effect is a phenomenon where cities or urban areas...
by Kayla Guilliams | Sep 14, 2021 | Featured, Urbanization
On August 28, we sent nearly 40 volunteers armed with handheld sensors, smartphones, and smartwatches to help collect urban heat data around town. This citizen science campaign was in partnership with the NC Museum of Life and Science and the Town of Chapel Hill, and...
by Angel Hsu | Aug 14, 2021 | Featured, Urbanization
It’s been a hot summer, and we at UNC’s Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) are trying to better understand how people are experiencing the Urban Heat Island effect in cities. We are partnering with the NC Museum of Life and Science to launch a citizen science campaign to...
by Data-Driven Lab | Sep 24, 2020 | Air quality, Featured, Urban Index, Urbanization
Air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor globally, claiming 4.2 million lives a year. Though 92 percent of the global population breathes unsafe air, the health effects of air pollution are clustered along lines of age, health, income levels, race and...
by Kate Logan | Nov 9, 2019 | Air quality, Data, Urbanization
Hanoi – a city typically known for its charming Old Quarter and mouth-watering pho – has recently attracted attention for a different reason: poor air quality. On September 29, the U.S. Embassy’s monitoring station in Hanoi registered hourly Air Quality Index (AQI)...
by Angel Hsu | Sep 12, 2019 | Urban Index, Urbanization
This past July, I was invited to present our Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC ’19) in Dalian, China as part of the Global Situation Space forum. This space...
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