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NOAA is Crowdsourcing a National Urban Heat Map

from Grist, Aug. 7, 2020

NOAA is Crowdsourcing a National Urban Heat Map Grist, Aug. 7, 2020 Summers are getting hotter, but the heat is not being suffered equally. The urban heat island effect — a phenomenon in which traditional urban design features attract the sun's rays, making some cities several degrees hotter than surrounding areas — disproportionately exposes urban residents to dangerous conditions and additional utility costs. Its effects also hit low-income residents the hardest. READ MORE

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