Cool Ideas From a Hot City
Remember the hip-hop song, “It’s Getting Hot in Herre”? This line sums up the heat island effect, which can make city dwellers bake with urban temperatures up to 10 degrees warmer than in rural areas. Some of the culprits are dark surfaces such as rooftops and pavement and stormwater systems.
For the same reason that sweating on a hot day cools us down, evaporation helps keep air temperatures
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