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San Antonio is one of a growing number of cities applying reflective cool paving material to city streets to trap less heat in the asphalt. (Image courtesy of city of San Antonio)

Warming Sun Belt cities turn to cool pavement to help mitigate climate change

The cool paving approach places a layer of reflective material atop asphalt streets to increase their ability to reflect heat, meaning less is trapped in the asphalt and more radiates back into the atmosphere.

Dubai green urban project promises a thriving community in the desert

Dubai green urban project promises a thriving community in the desert. Dubai Green Spine will combat desertification via renewables and landscaping.

New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala, right, sprays water onto a porous pavement section in Brooklyn. (Image courtesy of New York City Department of Environmental Protection via Flickr)

Cities increasingly turn to porous pavement to ameliorate flooding

Replacing impervious pavement with something porous is one way a city can move and store water from city streets. Unlike traditional pavement, porous pavements are designed to have big open pore spaces.

Flooding in the Houston area from Hurricane Harvey brought a change in thinking and policy. (Image courtesy of U.S. Army)

Storms’ rising frequency, intensity challenge flood insurance program

Hurricane season officially ends in November, but the events of 2024 will undoubtedly have a lasting impact.

What will go into inventing our future cities? Author offers thoughts

Author Michael Batty discusses not metaphorical “world building” in the novelistic or cinematic sense, but what form we as a civilization might literally invent for our future cities.

An ALERTCalifornia camera in Cohasset, California, captured this view in July of the approaching Park Fire, the state’s largest wildfire of 2024. (Image courtesy of ALERTCalifornia, University of California San Diego)

Artificial intelligence detects fires early, protecting people and infrastructure

AI-powered systems like ALERTCalifornia, Pano Rapid Detect, and FireSat are helping reduce fire-detection times around the world.

The Helene-induced flooding in Asheville, North Carolina, in September is the kind of scenario “we are seeing more and more often.” (Image courtesy of Billy Bowling, Environmental Protection Agency)

With the 100-year flood model seemingly obsolete, what now?

Engineers today use the 100-year storm model to understand the risks that an engineering system might fail due to flooding.

Brightline high-speed rail train between L.A. and Las Vegas

On the fast track: High-speed rail line will connect L.A., Vegas by 2028

Brightline says its fully electrified high-speed trains can top 200 mph and make the 218-mile journey between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles metro area in two hours.

How artificial intelligence can speed up transportation engineering

Artificial intelligence is transforming transportation engineering through advanced algorithms that optimize traffic flow and monitor infrastructure.

Responding to climate change requires flood models with greater responsiveness and speed. (Photograph courtesy of iStock.com/wacomka)

Can artificial intelligence help keep infrastructure high and dry?

Artificial intelligence offers civil engineers new tools for predicting flood damage. AI-generated flood models can rapidly consider multiple scenarios developed from enormous volumes of data.

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