If you’re having trouble cooling off at night, it may be because you’re living on a “heat island.” RELATED: We hit rare number of 90-degree days The “urban heat island” effect is in full swing, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - When the hot, summer sun is beaming down in Birmingham, it can create an “urban heat island”. That’s a place that experiences warmer temperatures compared to nearby rural ...

It’s summer, and it’s been hot, even in northern cities such as Boston. But not everyone is hit with the heat in the same way, even within the same neighborhood. Take two streets in Boston at 4:30 p.m ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — You may have noticed, especially during the warmer months, that downtown areas feel hotter compared to areas outside of the city. This can be true due to the urban heat island effect.

RENO, Nev. — The Reno-Sparks Heat Mapping Project Team has completed a temperature mapping campaign to identify areas with the highest heat concentrations. Thomas Albright, an Associate Professor and ...

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 ...

Dallas hopes new climate data can help shape strategies to combat the urban heat island effect that leaves some neighborhoods more than 10 degrees warmer on some of our hottest days. When we see those ...

Even in the middle of a North Carolina winter, Durham County sustainability manager Tobin Freid is thinking about the potential impacts of heat. “One of the big impacts that we are seeing and expect ...

The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the built environment further amplifies both average temperatures and extreme heat in cities. According to the U.S. Environmental ...

(TNS) — Ricardo Rodriguez lives in a West Side neighborhood where the temperature in homes without air conditioning can soar to 120 degrees on hot summer days. Some residents come home from work and ...

PARTS OF OUR CITY. WHILE THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE IS SCORCHING ALL ACROSS OUR AREA, IT CAN BE MORE THAN TEN DEGREES HOTTER IN PARTS OF THE METRO. THE CITY IS KNOWN AS AN URBAN HEAT ISLAND, BUT METRO ...