Participation in youth soccer in the United States continues to increase steadily, with a
greater percentage of preadolescent participants than perhaps any other youth sport …

Beard and Green compiled one of the earliest reviews on the environmental and societal
(cultural) benefits that living turfgrass systems (eg, home lawns, athletic fields, golf courses …

The global popularity of soccer has led to widespread tendency towards this sport. Because
of the convenience of using artificial surfaces, the rapid growth of using these surfaces led to …

Rationale The aim of this paper is to present research examining how the climate hazard of
extreme heat impacts varsity-level sport athletes and facilities, current responses, and …

Lawns are highly recognized and indispensable elements in the urban landscape. Due to
water-saving, low maintenance cost, and avoided health-environmental impacts of …

There are concerns regarding high surface temperatures on synthetic grass sports surfaces
influencing the surrounding thermal environment, potentially increasing heat stress and …

The Olympic Games are a sporting event and a catalyst for urban development in their host
city. In this study, we utilized remote sensing and GIS techniques to examine the impact of …

Artificial turf can develop unusually high surface temperature on hot sunny days. Solar and
terrestrial radiant energy regimes as key determinants of thermal performance deserve …

Surfaces of artificial turf have been continuously improved to resemble the characteristics
and properties of natural grass. Nevertheless, these improvements are still unable to prevent …

Background: Artificial turf fields and environmental conditions may influence sports
concussion risk, but existing research is limited by uncontrolled confounding factors, limited …