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As Temps Rise, Cities Combat 'Heat Island' Effect

Brian Stone Jr., director of the Urban Climate Lab at Georgia Tech, says that pavement stores heat during the day and makes cities hotter at night. Cities, he says, tend to be heating up at double the rate of the rest of the planet. (NPR)
Brian Stone Jr., director of the Urban Climate Lab at Georgia Tech, says that pavement stores heat during the day and makes cities hotter at night. Cities, he says, tend to be heating up at double the rate of the rest of the planet. (NPR)

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