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- Urban heat island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island 15 comments
- Concrete, asphalt and urban heat islands add to the misery of heat waves https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CLIMATE-CHANGE/URBAN-HEAT/zgpormdkevd/ 88 comments
- New fabric makes urban heat islands more bearable https://pme.uchicago.edu/news/new-fabric-makes-urban-heat-islands-more-bearable 2 comments
- Urban heat islands and street trees in Philadelphia http://urbanspatialanalysis.com/urban-heat-islands-street-trees-in-philadelphia/ 19 comments
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- Urban heat islands & street trees in Philadelphia http://urbanspatialanalysis.com/urban-heat-islands-street-trees-in-philadelphia/ 2 comments visualization
- Over 4% of summer mortality in European cities is attributable to urban heat islands https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02585-5/fulltext 9 comments science
- Over 4% of summer mortality in European cities is attributable to urban heat islands https://www.miragenews.com/4-of-summer-deaths-in-european-cities-from-938907/ 13 comments anthropology
- Phoenix’s urban heat island effect is increasingly deadly http://ahpi.blog/phoenixs-urban-heat-island-effect-is-increasingly-deadly/ 91 comments climate
- Discrimination has trapped people of color in unhealthy urban 'heat islands' https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/discrimination-has-trapped-people-of-color-in-unhealthy-urban-heat-islands/ 3 comments climate
- Satellite images of Las Vegas show just how extreme urban heat islands can get https://www.popsci.com/environment/southwest-las-vegas-heat-map-nasa/ 4 comments science
- Satellite images of Las Vegas show just how extreme urban heat islands can get https://www.popsci.com/environment/southwest-las-vegas-heat-map-nasa/ 94 comments technology
- Climate change could make cities 8C hotter - scientists - Combination of carbon emissions and ‘urban heat island’ effect of concrete and asphalt gives rise to worst-case scenario by end of 21st century https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/30/climate-change-could-make-cities-8c-hotter-scientists?cmp=share_androidapp_%ED%81%B4%EB%A6%BD%EB%B3%B4%EB%93%9C%EC%97%90_%EB%B3%B5%EC%82%AC 85 comments worldnews
- Paris set for hottest temperature in history as city stews in 'urban heat island' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/europe-heatwave-temperature-paris-record-uk-france-latest-weather-a9017631.html 4 comments europe
- Rural belts around cities can reduce urban temperatures by over 0.5°C | The key to cooling ‘urban heat islands’ may lie in the countryside, according to a new study from scientists at the University of Surrey's Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) and Southeast University (China) https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/rural-belts-around-cities-can-reduce-urban-temperatures-over-05degc 13 comments science
- City trees can offset neighborhood heat islands, finds a new study, which shows that enough canopy cover can dramatically reduce urban temperatures, enough to make a significant difference even within a few city blocks. To get the most cooling, you have to have about 40 percent canopy cover. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/cu-ctc042619.php 1324 comments science
- Research shows reflective roofing systems cut year-round energy consumption | "On a large scale, cool roofs can moderate the air temperature surrounding a building, decrease greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the urban heat island effect" http://phys.org/news/2016-05-cool-roofs-energy-consumption-year-round.html 3 comments science
- Why the City Is (Usually) Hotter than the Countryside: The smoothness of the landscape and the local climate—not the materials of the concrete jungle—govern the urban heat island effect, a new study finds http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/city-hotter-countryside-urban-heat-island-science-180951985/ 5 comments science
- Portland State study shows, planting more vegetation, using reflective materials on hard surfaces and installing green roofs on buildings can help cool potentially deadly urban heat islands. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/psu-pss070819.php 703 comments science
- Mongolia bids to keep city cool with 'ice shield' experiment in an attempt to combat the adverse affects of global warming and the urban heat island effect: trial aims to 'store' winter temperatures in a giant block of ice that will cool and water Ulan Bator in summer http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/15/mongolia-ice-shield-geoengineering?intcmp=122 4 comments science
- City in Sierra Leone covers buildings in mirrors to fight extreme heat | People in Freetown, Sierra Leone, are increasingly exposed to extreme heat due to climate change and the urban heat island effect, but covering homes in a reflective film significantly cut indoor temperatures https://www.newscientist.com/article/2375769-city-in-sierra-leone-covers-buildings-in-mirrors-to-fight-extreme-heat/ 5 comments climate