IEEE

Do Different Urban Morphologies Have Consistent Patterns on Urban Heat Islands in Different Cities and Scales? A Local Climate Zone Exploration

Abstract: Rapid urbanization exacerbates the urban heat island (UHI) effect, posing challenges to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals amidst global warming. Attributing UHI impacts to ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

The Fujita Scale, explained

University of Chicago meteorologist Ted Fujita devised the Fujita Scale, the internationally accepted standard for measuring tornado severity. His goal was to create categories that could separate ...
IEEE

Spatial Heterogeneity of Forest Landscape Patterns on Ecological Quality and Its Scale Effects: A Case of Fujian Province, China

Abstract: Understanding the multiscale spatial linkages between forest landscape patterns and ecological quality is critical for targeted ecosystem management. This study leveraged Google Earth Engine ...
Gizmodo

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Strange Fish-Scale Patterns on Mars

While scouring a 50-million-year-old crater on Mars, the Curiosity rover stumbled upon a polygon-shaped pattern that sort of looks like a giant reptile had shed its skin across the planet’s surface.