that is what is so dangerous. these changes need to be done equitably, they need to be done in the environmental justice communities and minds. urban heat islands amplify the effects of climate change. there is little green space. these are all steps that we can take not just on a national level, but a federal government, the local municipal governments need to be looking at these areas that are of grave concern. these temperatures, especially if you re not able to cool off, that is when it becomes deadly. that is when he ticks josh and heatstroke can play a major facts and your health. chris, the united nations, one of the members over there said that i guess at some point we run out of basically superlatives to convey how urgent it is to act. we don t want to have, i, guess paralysis through analysis. we don t want people to be so scared and terrified about what s going on, but we have to be honest about what s happening. what gift people watching at home due? even if it s a small
With their precise flight, bats make the perfect heat sensors to detect the urban heat island effect at night when it’s most obvious, according to a new study using the winged creatures.
july, there s one more day, but it s not going to change the average, the world s hottest month on average. phoenix, arizona, hoskins gerard 30 days of of 110 degrees fahrenheit. hospitals are filling up with heat related illnesses from heatstroke to severe burns as metal and pavement reach temperatures so high that they can cost second and third degree burns within seconds. children get burns on their feet if they do not have shoes on. adults collapse from the heat get burns if they fall down on the pavement. hospitals are seeing patients coming with internal body temperatures of 105 degrees. so high that one risks brain damage and death. it s hot virtually everywhere. if you look at an urban area, you re actually likely feeling it worse. that s because of a phenomenon called urban heat islands. cities with a ton of concrete and pavement, to metal, and not a lot of green space absorb more heat. researchers say that urban heat islands can reach temperatures that are more than ten deg
that are just minutes away. and surprisingly, urban heat islands are disproportionately home, you guessed it, to low income and minority groups. on thursday, president biden announced actions to protect workers and communities from extreme. he this includes weather forecasts and expanded water storage. many climate activists say that those measures fall flat. they want to see the biden administration take bolder action on the upper worsening threat of climate change, and climate activist wants to hear promises from biden on actually restricting the production of fossil fuels. there has been progress on that front from this administration. many say they need more. that we need more. joining me now is ebony mark, the executive director of greenpeace, usa. ebony, thank you for being with us this morning. when i am sorry this is a conversation we need to have. i live in an urban heat island of manhattan. it s definitely hotter than other places are.
of 20 degrees in temperatures. we see these urban heat islands like new york city, also los angeles, houston, major cities like that seeing an increase in heat because of the landscaping, and we talk a lot about air temperature, but the surface temperature playing a role here. i m going to show you what i mean. we re going to step into the sun where the black top has been baking into the sun all day. this is a thermometer that measures the surface temperature. if we measure it right now we re looking at 118 degrees, the black top right now. and on a day like today it could reach 140 degrees. we ve heard of people getting those second and third degree burns from sitting or falling onto the pavement. emilie ikeda, thanks for that good information, perhaps life saving information for some appreciate it. turning to that disturbing store ri out of ohio. that officer has since been fired and now nbc news is