Marshall Heights in Ward 7, Washington D.C., is an urban heat island due to a lack of green space and trees, a form of ...

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Bengaluru's worsening Urban Heat Island effect due to deforestation and infrastructure projects threatens residents' ...

The average temperature in Dallas-Fort Worth was nearly 6 degrees warmer than normal last month, per the National Weather ...

Eastern iowa knows severe weather all too well -- but aside from major events like the 2008 floods and the 2020 derecho, but it seems that we usually don't see ...

Some parts of Houston have more trees than others because of past planning, income levels and racial inequality.

Lisa Ortega started the nonprofit Nevada Plants to provide free trees to residents in need. Since its inception in 2021, the group has given away over 1,700 trees to people all over Nevada.

Urban heat is a major problem in Western Sydney, where temperatures can be 10 degrees Celsius higher than in the city's ...

The city is witnessing a surge in heatwave days, compounded by the UHI effect—an alarming phenomenon caused by dense ...