An urban ecologist is someone who studies how plants, animals, and the environment interact in cities and urban areas. They focus on understanding and improving the relationship between people and nature in urban settings. Full definition
The essay was co-authored by AdaptNY editor and Harlem Heat Project coordinator A. Adam Glenn, with urban ecologist Zoé Hamstead of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture & Planning and Timon McPhearson, chair of the environmental studies program and director of the Urban Ecology Lab at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School in New York City. (adaptny.org)
The only winner to collect his prize at the 9 October ceremony was urban ecologist Mark Hostetler. (sciencemag.org)
The findings could aid the conservation of some of the world's most critical sea creatures, says urban ecologist Travis Longcore of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, who was not involved with the work. (sciencemag.org)