Cities like Houston and other urban centers experience higher temperatures than their surrounding rural areas due to a phenomenon known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. This occurs because ...

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect causes cities to remain several degrees warmer than surrounding rural areas, particularly ...

Albright explained the local 'Urban Heat Island Effect.' "Locally, we have this Urban Heat Island Effect," he said. "That's a combination of factors, really everything from surfaces that are maybe ...