D.C. Residents Discuss Urban Heat Islands

D.C. Residents Discuss Urban Heat Islands

The urban heat island effect is a major issue in Washington, D.C., particularly in areas like Marshall Heights in Ward 7, where the lack of trees and green spaces traps heat and causes higher temperatures, disproportionately affecting Black and other minority populations. The post D.C. Residents Discuss Urban Heat Islands appeared first on The Washington Informer.

In the most canyoning moments of the calorions in the city, have you thought that the parks could be a solution to cool the CDMX a little bit? Yes, at least to mitigate the islands of heat. Regarding the phenomenon of the islands of heat in CDMX, in Sopitas.com we discuss with Juan Manuel Núñez, coordinator of the degree in Environmental Sustainability of the IBERO, to know how the parks work to mitigate the heat or what we can do to counteract …