Urban heat island

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July was the hottest month ever recorded globally, and it was especially brutal for major metros.

Have you ever walked by a city park or bank of trees and noticed the distinctive feeling of cooler air? It’s often a huge relief on hot and sunny days in the city. On a small scale, you are experiencing the heat island effect. Though city dwellers have become accustomed to these temperature changes, the heat island [...]

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Slicing five miles through this southern city’s downtown, Broadway shows just how challenging it can be for a sweltering urban center to beat the dangerous summer heat. Louisville’s main drag leaves the upscale and relatively leafy Highlands neighborhood and heads west, where it widens to seven lanes of black asphalt and enters […]

L'élévation des températures en milieu urbain Des températures de 3 à 10°C plus élevées en ville, notamment en...

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NYT-style urban heat island maps · katie jolly