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Changes in grassland cover in Europe from 1990 to 2018: trajectories and spatial patterns
Grasslands are one of the most widespread terrestrial biomes. In Europe, the majority of grasslands depends on human management, and as a result,...
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Differences in Canopy Cover Estimations from ALS Data and Their Effect on Fire Prediction
Canopy cover is a primary attribute used in empirical wildfire models for certain fuel types. Accurate estimation of canopy cover is a key to...
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Luxury and legacy effects on urban biodiversity, vegetation cover and ecosystem services
Socio-economic and historical drivers shape urban nature distribution and characteristics, as luxury (wealth-related) and legacy (historical...
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Long-term remote sensing-based methods for monitoring air pollution and cloud cover in the Balkan countries
The use of remote sensing and GIS methodology has accelerated the processing of data on pollution, but has also raised a question about the accuracy...
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Global inequities in population exposure to urban greenspaces increased amidst tree and nontree vegetation cover expansion
Cities worldwide are expanding greenspaces, including parks, urban forests, and grasslands. However, population exposure to tree and nontree...
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Assessment of land use/land cover changes and its effect on land surface temperature using remote sensing techniques in Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Land surface temperature (LST) is defined as a phenomenon which shows that microclimate of an urban system gets heated much faster than its...
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Eco-environmental response to land cover change in ASEAN countries from 2001 to 2020 based on spatial granular association
As one of the major forms of terrestrial ecosystem change, land cover change (LCC) alters the structure of surface landscape patterns, thereby...
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Analysis of land use and land cover change using machine learning algorithm in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria
The dynamic use of land that results from urbanization has an impact on the urban ecosystem. Yola North Local Government Area (Yola North LGA) of...
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Machine learning for modeling forest canopy height and cover from multi-sensor data in Northwestern Ethiopia
Continuous map** of the height and canopy cover of forests is vital for measuring forest biomass, monitoring forest degradation and restoration. In...
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Increasing tree cover and high-albedo surfaces reduces heat-related ER visits in Los Angeles, CA
There is an urgent need for strategies to reduce the negative impacts of a warming climate on human health. Cooling urban neighborhoods by planting...
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Current inequality and future potential of US urban tree cover for reducing heat-related health impacts
Excessive heat is a major and growing risk for urban residents. Here, we estimate the inequality in summertime heat-related mortality, morbidity, and...
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Land Cover Change Associated with Unconventional Oil and Gas Development in the Appalachian Region
Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) wells from the Marcellus and Utica shale plays have expanded greatly across the Appalachian region of the United...
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Impact of Urbanization on Land Use and Land Cover Change and Land Surface Temperature in a Satellite Town
Urban Heat Island, the phenomenon synonymous with urbanization and change in local climate, is a grave threat to the energy balance and resources of...
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Satisfaction with urban trees associates with tree canopy cover and tree visibility around the home
Many world cities want to expand the number of urban trees. How this expansion occurs should consider what people expect from trees based on how they...
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Local climate, air quality and leaf litter cover shape foliar fungal communities on an urban tree
Foliar fungi on urban trees are important for tree health, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Yet, we lack insights into how urbanization...
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Assessment of land-use land-cover dynamics and urban heat island effect of Dehradun city, North India: a remote sensing approach
Urbanisation is a crucial issue for urban planners and researchers worldwide, especially in South Asia, where rapid urbanisation has led to several...
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Urban land use, land cover change and urban microclimate dynamics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Land surface temperature (LST) increases and urban heat island (UHI) variability are the major urban climatology problems arising in urban...
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Effects of climate change on vegetation and snow cover area in Gilgit Baltistan using MODIS data
The Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalaya (HKH) mountain ranges are the sources of Asia’s most important river systems, which provide fresh water to 1.4...
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Trends and projections of land use land cover and land surface temperature using an integrated weighted evidence-cellular automata (WE-CA) model
Land use land cover (LULC) change has become a major concern for biodiversity, ecosystem alteration, and modifying the climatic pattern especially...
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Gas permeability and emission in unsaturated vegetated landfill cover with biochar addition
Plant–biochar interaction has been recognized to affect the hydraulic properties of landfill cover soils, while its influence on landfill gas...
