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urban heat island, definition of
- Urban Heat Island
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Buildup of heat in the atmosphere above an urban area. Often caused by an inversion with associated smog.
News & Blog articles where 'urban heat island' used:
- Heatwave Hysteria Strikes Again
It’s not wholly accidental, nor even deliberate, that the weather stations the Met Office uses to underscore its climate change narrative are frequently located at airports... - No Climate Mayday in Madras: Reconsidering Doomsday Narratives
The fact that Chennai’s highest recorded temperature occurred in 1892, long before the era of modern industrialization and urbanization, is a powerful reminder that extreme weather events are not a recent phenomenon... - Climate Central’s Urban Rainfall Claims Are All Wet
This kind of shoddy research for media consumption undermines public trust in climate science. CC claims to be an authority, yet their work shows a consistent pattern: cherry-pick data, ignore contradictory evidence, and blame everything on humans using... - Sorry, ABC News, Early Cherry Blossom Bloom Is Due to Urban Heat Island, Not Climate Change
ABC News ignores the research and data which strongly suggests that the UHI is wholly responsible for earlier spring peak cherry blossom blooms, due to fewer late season frosts and warmer average nighttime temperatures... - Gosh, Really? NASA data reveals role of green spaces in cooling cities
Cities in the Global South tend to have less green space than cities in the Global North. This mirrors studies of the disparities within cities, sometimes referred to as the “luxury effect”: wealthier neighborhoods tend to have more green space than... - Climate Change Weekly #495: New Research Further Demonstrates Problems with Surface Temperature Records and Models
And does Michael Mann really have a strong case for defamation? He himself frequently spreads false and malicious rumors about colleagues who challenged his science... - Major Climate Alarmist Fail: “The Hottest Summer Ever” that Never Was
The failure of climate alarmists to use NOAA summer maximum temperature measurements and instead rely on temperature anomaly related analysis using summer average temperatures in making flawed “hottest summer ever” claims is a major error. - Climate Change Weekly #454: Economic Realities Dash Biden’s Offshore Wind Plans
President Joe Biden’s plans for a offshore industrial wind facilities lining the nation’s coasts have more than a few hurdles to clear before they can become reality. - More surfacestations project vindication: Strong UHI temperature biases confirmed in USA
WUWT readers may recall that NOAA did an experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that vindicated my findings about the effects of local urbanization on surface temperature measurements...
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About urban heat island. - Heatwave Hysteria Strikes Again
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