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Cities have the worst urban heat, where temperatures can spike 15 degrees
- GenerocUsername 5y agoI wonder if our climate change predictions account for heat island effects of ever growing metropolitan regions
- Tagbert 5y agoIt is a common part of the discussions of the effects of climate change but not sure that the models address it at that granularity. Cities are not a large percentage of the earth’s surface.
- jfengel 5y agoRemoving the clickbaity "These" from the start of the headline just makes it less clear. And it's burying the lede anyway, which is that the worst urban heat islands aren't always where you expect. Lots of names you expect, but I wouldn't have thought New Orleans to be #1. Or Erie, Pennsylvania to be in the top 20. Los Angeles isn't on the list at all.
- Zababa 5y agoIt even makes it a bit silly. Oh, cities have the worst urban heat? I thought it was a rural phenomenon.
- culopatin 5y agoThe original title means something completely different from the title used here. CNN is listing a few cities where this happens. OP you’re saying that cities have the worst urban heat (which is kind of obvious because of the urban word) but also you’re stating that all cities can spike 15 degrees. What was the reasoning behind changing the title?
- brundolf 5y agoHN does this automatically, unfortunately. It's fairly aggressive about editing titles (it'll drop "How" from the beginning too, I think), and sometimes it ends up with something confusing. The good news is, if you notice after posting you can go back and edit it and it'll be left alone.
- culopatin 5y agoOh my bad. Sorry OP!
- voisin 5y agoI find that the worst heat tends to be in the business districts, where there is often literally zero foliage or other sun cover.
- Imnimo 5y agoSo, if I understand correctly, this is not an actual measurement of urban heat, but rather is the prediction of a model which takes as input different types of land cover in the cities? It sort of seems like they should just measure the temperatures directly.
- hackeraccount 5y agoOn the bright side think of the rainy winters.