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Facing an environmental challenge? Nature-based solutions may be an option

Nature-based solutions are civil engineering strategies that use natural elements to protect communities and their infrastructure from environmental risks.

Corrosion presents risks and challenges that must be addressed and corrected. (Image by J. Marquardt courtesy of Shutterstock)

Metallurgical failure analysis targets corrosion in aging infrastructure

Forensic metallurgical failure analysis plays a critical role in unearthing the root causes of hidden risks and challenges related to aging infrastructure.

Michigan’s 14th Street pilot project features two lanes of inductive charging coils on an active four-lane roadway; the coil images in the road surface are illustrations. (Image courtesy of Electreon)

Looking for anxiety-free EV driving? In-road charging holds promise

The promise of so-called electric roads would provide the current to power your vehicle and charge its battery as you drive along – with no need to stop and pull off for an uncertain length of time to recharge.

Meta’s Tietgenbyen data center in Denmark heats its surrounding city with the heat of its servers. (Image courtesy of Meta)

As AI, crypto expand, planners aim to make data centers more efficient

As AI, crypto expand, planners aim to make data centers more efficient. Rising data center demand, driven by the growth of cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence, has begun to strain supplies of power and water around the world.

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.

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