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As climate change continues to bake the Earth, it is not merely the presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that is heating our cities. In many cases, human-made infrastructure is exacerbating or even making our cities more uninhabitable. As climate worsens, desert cities like Phoenix must adapt, or face a mass exodus
Indeed, as the world warms, something called the “heat island effect” is a major threat to countless cities. The heat island effect is a phenomenon in which urban areas experience higher temperatures than the areas adjacent to them. It is typically caused by infrastructure, like buildings and roads, absorbing excess heat; they retain that heat that they absorb during the day and keep cities hot, even at night time. This is why the summer […]
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Larry Roberts
Punta Gorda, Florida
I am not certain what the total weight of the entirety amount of asphalt in phx would be (I’m sure it is a robust number) but imaging it as one solid ball sitting under the sun on a hot summer day – it cannot be “helping” stabilize the situation
Even here in Pa. I have to turn on the AC every night just to be able to get to sleep. I cannot imagine how bad my electricity bill would be if our temperature would become over 100 degrees. I cannot handle heat because I must spend a lot of time outside working in my garden with my back brace on and come in so sweaty that I must shower a lot which is costly.