urban heat island
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Underground Heat Is Sinking Our Cities, Study Says
Heat is a silent hazard sitting beneath cities, threatening to shift infrastructure. A study published this week in Communications Engineering, outlines how heat could be changing major cities, but urban areas throughout the U.S. may not be prepared. Study researchers set up more than 150 sensors above and below ground throughout the Chicago Loop. They…
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Poor U.S. Neighbourhoods Are Up to 4 Degrees Hotter Than Rich Ones
New research finds that not all Americans are equally bear the burden of extreme heat. Poorer communities are at disproportionate risk of searing temperatures, according to a study published in Earth’s Future, the American Geophysical Union’s interdisciplinary journal, on Tuesday.
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Nobody Knows How Many People the Pacific Northwest Heat Has Killed
The record-breaking heat wave that’s blanketed the Pacific Northwest this week has quietly killed dozens across the region. Not everyone is affected equally, though. A disproportionate number of the elderly, the poor, and the alone have died of heat-related illnesses.