Rural land cover surrounding a city has the potential to reduce the “urban heat island” (UHI) effect and cool the city centre by more than 0.5°C, new research shows. While heatwaves around the world ...

While cities are traditionally seen higher temperatures than rural areas ... bring the concept of the urban heat island to the fore. The concept refers to the notion that heat often becomes ...

Climate change isn't the only thing that will be heating up cities in the future — urbanization hikes temperatures too. A new study led by a University of Guelph researcher looks at how climate ...

But beyond global warming, the heat in the region’s cities is exacerbated by what scientists have called “urban heat island ...