NASA Data Reveals Role of Green Spaces in Cooling Cities
26 Nov 2024, 17:02 GMT
Topic: Climate Change
Source URL: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/climate-change/nasa-data-reveals-role-of-green-spaces-in-cooling-cities/
As any urban dweller who has lived through a heat wave knows, a shady tree can make all the difference. But what happens when there’s no shade available? A recent study in Nature Communications used NASA satellite data to identify a major gap in global resilience to climate change: cities in the Global South have