Available healthy soils begin to decrease as populations in urban areas continue to increase. Anthropogenic activities are causing contamination to soils that could be used for food production and ecosystem health. Urban soils are limited in growing cities, seen in parks, urban gardens, and homeowners backyards. Forests are few and far between and the…
Tag: urban ecology
The Birds and the Trees in the Big City
Cities are becoming more green every day, and it’s important to understand why this matters and how biodiversity and humans are in a giant mutually-beneficial relationship.