Trees are essential to cooling down cities. However, a study by Concordia researchers at the Next Generation Cities Institute ...
A recent study details how trees in New York City and Boston are more negatively impacted by heat waves and drought than trees of the same species in nearby rural forests. The finding highlights the ...
In urban environments, heat gets absorbed and released by the pavement, buildings and other objects. A new study says that an underestimated factor in urban warming is heat radiating from parked cars.
CHARLOTTE — Channel 9′s climate reporter Michelle Alfini took a ride with Charlotte’s heat mappers as they set out to find where those hot spots are and how to cool them down. Scientists and ...
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 ...
A major project within Dallas’s Southwestern Medical District is expected to address concerns about the city’s urban heat island effect. This phenomenon occurs when inner cities are hotter than ...
Recent heat waves in the United States underscore a growing public health threat: Extreme heat events are growing longer, hotter, and more frequent. Soaring temperatures raise the risk of various ...