Wildfires have complex impacts on forests, including changes in vegetation, threats to
biodiversity, and emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, which exacerbate …

Urban green spaces provide important ecological, environmental, and cultural benefits,
including biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. However, a significant portion of …

This opinion paper discusses urban lawns, the most common part of open green spaces and
urban green infrastructures. It highlights both the ecosystem services and also disservices …

Lawns are a global phenomenon. They green the urban environment and provide amenable
public and private open spaces. In Sweden, 52% of the urban green areas are lawns (1). In …

Roughly a third of Europe's water demand is satisfied by groundwater abstraction.
Understanding how future changes in climate, weather, vegetation and land use will affect …

National assessments of groundwater contamination risks are crucial for sustaining high-
quality groundwater supplies. However, traditional methods often treat groundwater …

Regional land surface temperature (LST) maps derived from remote sensing data are most
available to cities to assess and respond to heat. Yet, LST only captures one dimension of …

Vegetation growth and physiological functioning, including carbon uptake and transpiration,
can be strongly affected by drought. During water-limited conditions, urban vegetation may …

Urban grasslands are turfgrass dominated landscapes of varying functions and uses that are
ubiquitous in areas associated with human population growth and urbanization. While these …

Residential landscaping decisions can have important implications for water use and
conservation in urban areas. Yard preferences are generally closely related to actual yard …