As Temps Rise, Cities Combat ‘Heat Island’ Effect
More than 20,000 high-temperature records have been broken so far this year in the United States. And the heat is especially bad in cities, which are heating up about twice as fast as the rest of the planet.
High temperatures increase the risk of everything from asthma to allergies, and can even be deadly. But a researcher here in Atlanta also sees this urban heat wave as an opportunity to do something about our warming planet.
NPR’s Richard Harris has this story.
Incidentally, some of those 3-thousand seedlings – mentioned in that story – are planted in Atlanta as part of WABE’s partnership with Trees Atlanta. One more footnote . . . that story mentioned that Ebenezer Baptist Church leases out space for a community garden. While the land is adjacent to Ebenezer, it is actually leased out by Wheat Street Baptist Church.
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