Thermal cameras turn primary pupils into climate detectives

Thermal cameras turn primary pupils into climate detectives

Primary school children equipped with thermal cameras are helping redesign their schools to cope with hotter summers, thanks to a University of Surrey programme that gives pupils the tools to spot dangerous heat hotspots and develop their own cooling solutions. With heatwaves becoming more frequent across the UK, reaching highs of 36°C in parts of London, the ‘Heat-Cool’ programme designed by Professor Prashant Kumar has shown that children as y…