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glash 467 Climate Change Poses Major Risks for Unprepared Cities 159 Free Statins With Fast Food Could Neutralize Heart Risk 159 Better Solar Energy Systems: More Heat, More Light 160 Sharks Perform a Service for Earth’s Waters 259 “Liquefaction” Key to Much of Japanese Earthquake Damage 259 Teaching Math, Teaching Anxiety 260 Ants have Big Impact on Environment as Ecosystem Engineers 359 Researchers Discover Why Humans Began Walking Upright 359 Virtual Driver 360 Musical Training Can Improve Communication Skills 397 Affectionate Androids 397 Primer On Smell 398 A Memory Drug? 459 Baby Talk 459 Common Questions about Dreams 460 The Apgar Test 467 Ice Cream Taster Has Sweet Job 467 Climate Change Poses Major Risks for Unprepared Cities ?A new examination of urban policies has been? 1 carried out recently by Patricia Romero Lankao．She is a sociologist specializing in climate change and??2 urban?development．She warns that?many of the world’s fast-growing urban areas，especially in developing countries．will likely suffer?from the impacts of changing climate．Her work also concludes that most cities are failing to 3 reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse 4 gases?．These? gases are known?to affect the atmosphere．”Climate change is a deeply local issue and poses profound threats to the growing cities of the world,” says Romero Lankao. ”But too few cities are developing effective strategies to 5 protect??their residents. Cities are??6 major?sources of greenhouse gases．And urban populations are likely to be among those most severely affected by future climate change. Lankao’s findings??highlight ways in which city-residents are particularly vulnerable, and suggest policy interventions that could offer immediate and longer-term??7?benefits??． ?The locations and dense construction patterns of cities often place their populations at greater risk for natural disasters. Potential???8 threats???associated with climate include storm surge