For Plants, Urban Heat Islands Don’t Mimic Global Warming

London urban oasis hosts artist’s multimedia investigation into plants’ resilience in the face of climate crisis

Vivienne Schadinsky, artist-in-residence at OmVed Gardens, in north London has used the two-acre plot as a “living laboratory” to make ink paintings, films, sculptures and prints devoted to beans and their ecology

Urban Heat Islands Causing 76% of Bengaluru City to Face Higher Temperatures

Research Matters Staff Writer(s) Bengaluru 15 Jul 2025 Land use classification for Bengaluru (a) land uses based on classification of Sentinel data (10 m resolution), (b) the proportion of LU in 30 x 30 m pixels (based on LU of 10 x 10 m Sentinel). Source: Ramachandra et. al, 2025. Projections suggest that by 2050, 68.4% of the global population or more than two-thirds of all people, will call urban areas home. This massive shift, often driven b…

Environmental News Network - For Plants, Urban Heat Islands Don’t Mimic Global Warming

Scientists have found that trees in cities respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts.

For Plants, Urban Heat Islands Don’t Mimic Global Warming

Scientists have found that trees in cities respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts.