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Environmental Science

When Heat Turns Cities into Ovens

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In cities, buildings and paved surfaces absorb and re-radiate heat, raising local temperatures by several degrees compared to surrounding rural areas—a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect.

Why this is interesting

Why do some neighborhoods feel like furnaces while others stay bearable, even under the same scorching sun?