Urban heat islands fire up temperatures, day and night

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Temperatures can be much higher in Newark than in nearby suburbs

When summer turns up the heat, Newark’s sidewalks, streets, parking lots and blocks of close-packed buildings — with scant shade in an almost-treeless landscape — cook up temperatures that can soar six to 10 degrees higher than suburbs just a few miles away. Greg Pope, professor of Earth and Environmental Studies at Montclair State University, studies these so-called “urban heat islands."

08/04/2022

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