Urban Heat Island Effect: In 2024, Philadelphia coated one of its hottest neighbourhood roads with lighter colour coating to reduce the “urban heat island effect”; the pavement cooled down, but the people standing on it may not have felt it
AI generated image via Canva The sun’s scorching heat often transforms the roads and pavements into no less than a brick kiln, and to tackle this extreme heat, some researchers have taken on a novel approach.In some parts of Philadelphia, streets can reach temperatures as high as nearly 30°F hotter than in others, mostly because…
