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Poor communities suffer more from extreme heat in cities, UCSD study finds
The analysis revealed that for 71% of those counties, land surface temperatures in communities with higher rates of poverty can be up to 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer Author: City News Service Updated: 4:19 PM PDT July 13, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Low-income neighborhoods with higher Black, Hispanic and Asian populations experience significantly more urban heat than wealthier and predominantly white neighborhoods within a vast majority of populous U.S. counties, according to a UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy study released today.
The researchers, whose findings are published in the journal Earth s Future, analyzed remotely sensed land surface temperature measurements of 1,056 U.S. counties which have 10 or more census districts.
Poor and minority communities suffer more from extreme heat in US cities
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