Texas endures hundreds of deaths annually from heat-related illness. Certain communities are more prone to excessive heat due ...
More than half of the global population and about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities — and faces higher heat risks. The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the ...
A new research study from The University of Alabama in Huntsville addresses the question of how much urban areas have warmed from the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The findings are published in the ...
The urban heat island effect (UHI) is the studied effect that urbanized areas experience higher temperatures than non-urbanized areas due to the increase in buildings, roads, and other infrastructure.
Cool paint coatings reflect the sun's heat to reduce surface heat absorption and emission. NTU researchers conducted a real-world study in Singapore and found that cool paint coatings reduced air ...
Boston — For Arwa Ait-Chaib and her mother, Wafa El Hidar, summertime in Chelsea, Massachusetts, means trying to beat the heat. "There are always some days that I feel like we live in the middle of ...