Tiny Urban Voids Could Cool Historic Cities by Several Degrees, Study Finds
Researchers in Catania have developed a protocol that identifies tiny sealed urban voids and shows through microclimate simulation that converting ...
Tag: land surface temperature
How Big Must a City Park Be to Cool Its Surroundings? Satellite Data Reveal a Surprising Ceiling
A satellite analysis of 456 green patches in Lucknow, India, shows that urban cooling rises with patch size up to ...
Riding Through the Furnace: How Extreme Heat Is Breaking India’s Auto-Rickshaw Drivers
A new study of 107 auto-rickshaw drivers in Satara, India, documents widespread heat-related illness and income loss, revealing how economic ...
AI Maps Exactly How Far Urban Lakes Cool City Streets
A machine learning study of 25 lakes in Da Nang, Vietnam, quantifies urban lake cooling with SHAP interpretability, finding the ...
Two Decades of Satellite Images Reveal How an Ethiopian City Is Quietly Cooking Itself
A twenty-year Landsat analysis of Adama, Ethiopia, shows built-up land surging 43 percent while wetlands vanished and rising minimum surface ...
How Kolkata’s Changing Urban Form Is Turning Everyday Heat Into a Health Hazard
A 13-year study of the Kolkata Metropolitan Area links rapid densification and vegetation loss to rising land surface temperatures and ...
AI and Satellite Mapping Reveal Fire Hotspots Threatening Morocco’s Ancient Desert Oases
Researchers have built and validated a Fire Susceptibility Index for Morocco's Lower Ziz Valley oases, showing that 42.7 percent of ...
Slums Are Heating Up Fast: Satellites Reveal Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam’s Invisible Heat Crisis
A decade of satellite analysis shows informal settlements in Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam warming rapidly, with building density ...
Machine Learning Maps the Spreading Heat Island of Nepal’s Fast-Growing Bharatpur
A 24-year satellite and machine learning study shows Bharatpur's heat island is expanding across the city rather than intensifying at ...
Concrete Spread: Jaipur and Ahmedabad’s Heritage Districts Are Heating Up Fast
A comparative review finds that decades of built-up expansion have driven rising land surface temperatures in India's World Heritage Cities ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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