Hotter Summers Mean More Health Risks In Urban Heat Islands
- Abstract
Climate change models are predicting hotter summers in the Northwest, and experts say the health risks from that heat are higher in places known as urban heat islands.
- Resource Type
- Magazine/newspaper article
- Author
- Cassandra Profita
- Resource URL
- http://www.opb.org/news/series/symptoms-of-climate-change/hotter-summers-mean-more-health-risks-in-urban-hea/
- Publication
- Oregon Public Broadcasting
- Date
- Jan. 14, 2015
- Organization Type
- News
- Health and Human Impact
- Heat illness/extreme temperature
- Climate and Environmental Impacts
- Air pollution Heat
- Solution
- Urban greening
- Region
- Northwest