Study suggests nearby rural land can cool cities by nearly 30 percent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/08/03/urban-heat-islands-rural-cooling/
Rural land surrounding urban areas could help cool cities by up to 32.9 degrees Fahrenheit, an analysis in Nature Cities suggests, hinting at a way to cool increasingly scorching urban areas.
However, checking with the linked Nature article, it seems that the reduction in the UHI (urban heat island) is “up to 0.5 °C”.
Oops.
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Depends on the size of the undeveloped adjacent areas–which will essentially be eliminated over time as the city grows.
McMurdo Station, maybe?
That headline doesn’t pass the sniff test. I suspect someone screwed up or is deliberately lying.
Yes, that was the point of the thread title. The Chinese research paper found a cooling effect of 0.5°C. The journalist then found a search engine result for converting Centigrade to Fahrenheit.
0.5 °C ==> 32.9 °F
Instead of
0.5°C = 0.9°F
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The word “rural” is suspect. The words should be in the vincity of a new park area.
They probably used an AI to write it, or at least translate it.
Like using spellcheck alone for a sign that’ll be printed on metal and put up at a pool.
Just planting trees in urban areas cools it down more than that.
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Shakespeare spelt his own name 26 ways.
If there is a lot of land around the city with ground coverage with significant vegetation (trees, grassland, etc), then it could be true. The ground will significantly cool the air over it before it reaches the city, which allows it to cool at least the outer portion of the city it hits first. Beyond that, can’t comment. Lots of trees in the Twin Cities, and they get replaced when they die or get diseased. Too bad the maples had to come out due to disease. They were perfect for miles of streets here. Green canopies extending for miles…
