"The advance in blooming is probably consistent with, but not scientifically related to, human caused climate change," said Gonzalez, a climate change scientist. Other possible causal influences include the urban heat island effect, he noted....
HI. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Researchers have found that urban heat island effect made worse by sunbaked roads...
Urban development-induced LULCC has had and is expected to continue having impacts on local to regional warming, a phenomenon referred to as the urban heat island (UHI), by virtue of replacing natural landscapes with roads, buildings, and an enhancement in anthropogenic heat release38,39,40. ...
This phenomenon is produced by the urban heat island (UHI) effect, which is basically described as elevated temperatures in urban areas compared to surrounding rural areas (Oke et al., 2017). The UHI effect is among the key challenges in urban environments. It is influenced by various factors...
The canopy layer urban heat island (UHI) effect, as manifested by elevated near-surface air temperatures in urban areas, exposes urban dwellers to additional heat stress in many cities, specially during heat waves. We simulate the urban climate of variou
The worsening urban heat island (UHI) effect poses a great challenge to the thermal comfort of people outdoors. However, there has not been a summary of the mechanisms by which UHI affects outdoor thermal comfort (OTC). This paper reviews the commonly used OTC evaluation indexes, data collecti...
In contrast, an area near the port, a grade "D" neighborhood, is one of the warmest. The temperature is related to the low amounts of vegetation and high proportion of paved surfaces. The effects of urban heat islands Heat islands are defined by relatively higher daytime and nighttime tempe...
Still,officials cautioned that reflective pavement is not a remedy for the urban heat island effect. "If you're standing over these surfaces on a hot day,(13)___,you're still going to be hot if you're not in the shade," said Jennifer Vanos,an assistant professor at Arizona State Uni...
China is experiencing fast urbanization, resulting in distinct urban climate problems such as the urban heat island effect (Peng et al., 2012, Cao et al., 2016). There has been an increase of concerns and interest regarding urban climate in many Chinese cities (Ng and Ren, 2018). However...
While heat mitigation is crucial to achieving sustainable urban development, an inadequate understanding of the evolution of the urban thermal environment (UTE) and its relationship with socio-ecological systems (SESs) constrains the development of effective mitigation strategies. In this study, we use ...