The Arup study found Madrid’s urban centre has the most extreme urban heat island “hot spot” of six major cities it looked at around the world, with temperatures 15.5 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Heat islands can run 17 degrees F hotter than a city’s cooler areas. Studying them now may yield ideas for mitigating future warming. ByRyan Morris and Ryan Williams This story appears in the ...

Albright explained the local 'Urban Heat Island Effect.' "Locally, we have this Urban Heat Island Effect," he said. "That's a combination of factors, really everything from surfaces that are maybe ...