City-Earth Spiral (IMAGE)

Santa Fe Institute

City-Earth Spiral

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In a new paper, Mingzhen Lu and Chris Kempes explore how three types of waste production — municipal solid waste, wastewater, and greenhouse gas emissions — scale with city size. (image: Elisa Heinrich Mora)

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Elisa Heinrich Mora

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Artwork by Elisa Heinrich Mora

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