Plant-covered facades help cool urban areas and provide habitats for plants, birds, insects and other organisms. An ...

She says, “Urban heat islands have long been understood to be a result of urbanisation, but the behaviour of these heat ...

Other New Zealand research has estimated that heat-related deaths among older people could increase from 14 per year to 88, with a three-degree increase in global temperatures. The urban heat island ...

Urban Heat Island Effect The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a well-documented phenomenon where urban regions experience ...

“If you don’t cool down then your body doesn’t have that chance to have that respite before you go into the next day,” Harrington said. “So when you have this urban heat island effect ...

The Reno-Sparks Heat Mapping ... part of the day, with some areas in the 200-mile range being more than 20 degrees hotter than others. Albright explained the local 'Urban Heat Island Effect.' ...

Hyderabad will experience unusual weather with summer-like heat, winter chill, and unseasonal rainfall in quick succession ...

This variation is partly due to the urban ... of heat-related illnesses, especially during extreme afternoon temperatures. Nighttime heat can also disrupt sleep, preventing recovery from daytime ...

heat radiated off the walls and street day and night in a textbook example of the urban heat island effect. He was dehydrated and irritable most days. “Everywhere you look there’s a traffic ...

WRAL senior news producer Stephanie Beck approached me the other day about a thread on Reddit ... According to the American Meteorological Society, the urban heat island effect can alter the ...

The hybrid method used 30% less energy compared with just air-con cooling, but offered similar comfort levels. Read more at straitstimes.com.