heat island
an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
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How to use heat island in a sentence
Planting more trees and green space can lower the urban heat island effect by several degrees.
Satellites can image heat islands from space, recording how their temperatures rise and fall.
Explainer: Urban heat islands and how to cool them | Bethany Brookshire | August 19, 2021 | Science News For StudentsAt the same time, residents of urban heat islands are less likely to have air conditioning.
How to cool your home without relying on air conditioning | Sarah Kaplan | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostWhen I spoke to him last year for a story about heat islands in Phoenix, Hondula explained that low-income people of color are more likely to live in neighborhoods with little vegetation that are next to highways and industrial areas.
How to cool your home without relying on air conditioning | Sarah Kaplan | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostCreating more parks and planting vegetation in public spaces, especially in heat island neighborhoods, helps to bring temperatures down, Hondula said.
How to cool your home without relying on air conditioning | Sarah Kaplan | July 23, 2021 | Washington Post
British Dictionary definitions for heat-island
meteorol the mass of air over a large city, characteristically having a slightly higher average temperature than that of the surrounding air
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