Sentences with phrase «urban heat relates»

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Much less is known about the impact of environmental and psychological exposures, but some potential threats include: • Air pollution: A small study of 60 newborns in New York City found that expectant mothers» exposure to combustion - related urban air pollution — emissions from cars, trucks, residential heating, power generation and tobacco smoking — may alter the structure of chromosomes in their fetuses.

Stone has estimated how many heat - related deaths could be avoided by reducing urban heat island effects.

The field of urban planning is gaining interest as cities around the world, including nearby Houston, are facing increased exposure to weather - related risks and hazards ranging from sea level rise and flooding to temperature build - up and urban heat island effect.

The more detailed understanding of urban heat islands provided by the study can help health professionals and others target efforts to protect people and infrastructure from heat - related problems, according to project co-leads Tracy Twine and Peter Snyder, associate professors in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.

«New urban heat island study shows surprising variation in air temperatures across Twin Cities: Results provide valuable insights into efforts to reduce heat - related harm in metro areas globally.»

Urban heat islands, combined with an aging population and increased urbanization, are projected to increase the vulnerability of urban populations to heat - related health impacts in the futureUrban heat islands, combined with an aging population and increased urbanization, are projected to increase the vulnerability of urban populations to heat - related health impacts in the futureurban populations to heat - related health impacts in the future (Ch.

NWS management did not allow work in evaluating Urban Heat Island (UHI), mainly because of the stigma of being related to what NWS viewed as the political and controversial nature of the climate change / global warming subject.

Differences between the temperature anomaly products is related to: different selections of input data, different methods for assessing urban heating effects, and (most important) different methodologies for estimating temperatures in data - poor regions like the Arctic.

Silva, H. R., P. E. Phelan, and J. S. Golden, 2010: Modeling effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies on heat - related morbidity: A case study for Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Urban heat islands, combined with an aging population and increased urbanization, are projected to increase the vulnerability of urban populations to heat - related health impacts in the futureUrban heat islands, combined with an aging population and increased urbanization, are projected to increase the vulnerability of urban populations to heat - related health impacts in the futureurban populations to heat - related health impacts in the future (Ch.

Modeling effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies on heat - related morbidity: A case study for Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Heat, flood and drought - related mortality and morbidity may increase; changes in the distribution of plant species and animals are likely to contribute to changing ranges of infectious diseases and allergic disorders; higher concentrations of ground - level ozone and particulate matter in urban areas may increase the frequency of cardio - respiratory and cardio - vascular diseases.

The calculation needs to filter out the changes that have occurred over time that are not climate related (e.g. urban heat islands), then interpolate across regions where instrument data has historically been sparse (e.g. in the southern hemisphere and at sea), before an average can be taken.

2) Anthropogenic thermal dissipation related effects have been unfortunately oversimplied to the point of causing confusion by the term «urban heat island.»

This course examines green roof systems including the types, benefits, components and related standards, as well it provides a discussion on how green roofs mitigate urban heat island effect and reduce stormwater run - off.

Increased health - related impacts and costs, such as premature death and hospitalization due to even modest increases in heat, are predicted in the Northeast's urban centers (Ch.

Was it related to the Little Ice age, or solar forcing, or cosmic rays, or perhaps urban heat islands?

It also highlights the issue related to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.

The urban heat island issue you claim causes global warming is a myth that has been dispelled 100 times over, and there are plety of related articles on this website.

UHI is not an issue of actually warming the environment; it relates to creating an illusion of warming by engulfing recording stations, which are treated as rural even though they are now immersed in an Urban Heat Island.

These warm surfaces contribute to the build up of heat in dense urban areas and that leads to a surplus of problems, including increasing summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, heat - related illness and mortality.