The urban heat island effect happens when urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas.

Urban heat islands (UHIs) are becoming a major concern for cities worldwide. As the summer sun blazes down, concrete jungles seem to trap the heat, making urban areas significantly warmer than ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Lisa Ortega started the nonprofit Nevada Plants to provide free trees to residents in need. Since its inception in 2021, the ...

Nevada Plants, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit, is combating the city’s extreme urban heat by giving away trees to residents in ...

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

Vulnerable communities bear the brunt of the UHI effect in Bengaluru's Russell and KR Markets, exposing them to rising, ...

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