This column originally appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times on July 11, 2023. All of us suffered last week through day after day of the hottest average temperatures ever recorded on Earth. Now imagine it had been 10% hotter where you live.
  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Anyone who’s cycled through a rural area and into the suburbs or city can tell you just how dramatic the temperature change can be.

    Any strategy to cool cities would have a positive impact on anyone living or passing through them.

    • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      There’s a road by my house that dips down in a ravine then comes back up. When on my motorcycle on a hot day you can really feel the difference.