NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — If you look at a temperature map of Middle Tennessee, you will typically see that Nashville has the hottest temperature, despite being north of other cities. This is caused ...

The urban heat island effect describes the way urban areas get significantly warmer than the surrounding rural or suburban areas. There are a number of reasons why this occurs, although it can mostly ...

It's summer, and it's been hot, even in northern cities such as Boston. But not everyone is hit with the heat in the same way, even within the same neighborhood. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

In urban environments, heat gets absorbed and released by the pavement, buildings and other objects. A new study says that an underestimated factor in urban warming is heat radiating from parked cars.

A major project within Dallas’s Southwestern Medical District is expected to address concerns about the city’s urban heat island effect. This phenomenon occurs when inner cities are hotter than ...

Targeted tree planting as an extreme heat solution continues in the Las Vegas Valley with another opportunity to snag a tree on the local government’s dime. To celebrate Arbor Day on Monday, Clark ...