Dallas hopes new climate data can help shape strategies to combat the urban heat island effect that leaves some neighborhoods more than 10 degrees warmer on some of our hottest days. When we see those ...

A recent study details how trees in New York City and Boston are more negatively impacted by heat waves and drought than trees of the same species in nearby rural forests. The finding highlights the ...

The city's latest study on urban heat islands could help it address the issue. Dallas officials hope newly released data will help them finds new ways to cool temperatures in the city’s heat islands.

PARTS OF OUR CITY. WHILE THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE IS SCORCHING ALL ACROSS OUR AREA, IT CAN BE MORE THAN TEN DEGREES HOTTER IN PARTS OF THE METRO. THE CITY IS KNOWN AS AN URBAN HEAT ISLAND, BUT METRO ...

The sunlight flares around the buildings in lower Manhattan as the sun rises, Monday, July 1, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) They call New York City a concrete jungle. The Big Apple is one ...

A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that common fungal species may be ...

Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio are using AI and digital twin technology, or digital replicas of physical homes, to study potential renovation options that could lessen heat's ...

If you’re having trouble cooling off at night, it may be because you’re living on a “heat island.” RELATED: We hit rare number of 90-degree days The “urban heat island” effect is in full swing, ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Everyone feels the heat during the summer, but new research shows some spots in Portsmouth are definitely hotter than others. On Saturday, experts presented the findings of a ...