Ecosystem, vegetation affect intensity of urban heat island effect
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 09:07
in Earth & Climate
NASA researchers studying urban landscapes have found that the intensity of the 'heat island' created by a city depends on the ecosystem it replaced and on the regional climate. Urban areas developed in arid and semi-arid regions show far less heating compared with the surrounding countryside than cities built amid forested and temperate climates...