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Satellites zoom in on cities' hottest neighborhoods to help combat the urban heat island effect

  • Written by Daniel P. Johnson, Associate Professor of Geography, IUPUI
imageA street fan provides relief on a hot summer day in New York City.Stephen Chernin/Getty Images

Spend time in a city in summer and you can feel the urban heat rising from the pavement and radiating from buildings. Cities are generally hotter than surrounding rural areas, but even within cities, some residential neighborhoods get dangerously warmer...

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