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Displaying 4 of about 4 results… and other infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun’s heat more than natural landscapes such as forests and water … temperatures relative to outlying areas. These pockets of heat are referred to as “heat islands.” The rapid growth of urban populations, the …
… can play in understanding and preparing for intensified heat extremes. Heat extremes like in the boreal summer of 2021 triggered … islands on mortality in Paris during the August 2003 heat wave Environ. Health Perspect. 120 254–9 [14] Mora C et al …
Europe just had its hottest summer and hottest August on record, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. ECMWF datasets feed into WMO’s State of the Climate reports.
The August temperature was 0.8°C above August 2018, and summer was 0.4°C warmer than June…
… densely populated areas. These areas are known as "urban heat islands" and experience higher temperatures than others … of buildings and roads that absorb and re-emit the sun’s heat and fewer trees that provide shade. [...] Data collected … part of the photographic data. [...] “Reducing the urban heat island effect is critical in our work to protects …