Data Centers Create Heat Islands Stretching 6 Miles, Study Finds Heat islands can worsen air pollution and increase heat-related deaths.

#DataCenters Create #HeatIslands Stretching 6 Miles, Study Finds;
#Heat islands can worsen #airpollution and increase #heatrelateddeaths.

gizmodo.com/data-centers...

Data Centers Create Heat Islands Stretching 6 Miles, Study Finds Heat islands can worsen air pollution and increase heat-related deaths.

Data Centers Create Heat Islands Stretching 6 Miles, Study Finds #Technology #Internet #DataCenters #ClimateImpact #HeatIslands

gizmodo.com/data-centers-create-heat...

Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests New research suggests that AI data centers are causing a spike in ground temperature for miles around them.

#DataCenters are #HeatIslands increasing temperatures as much as 16-degrees F for mile around

"hyperscalers" huge data centers for cloud computing and #AI

#research

futurism.com/artificial-i...

It's happening again (already an issue in the #urban #heat literature: arxiv.org/abs/2509.16568).

#DataCenters can definitely create #heatislands, but using #satellite data would significantly overestimate the public health implications of it.

Also, can we not have news articles on #preprints?

The Revolution Will Not Be Air-conditioned: Title photo: Exploding electrical transformer For every unit of heat removed by air-conditioning from an interior space, roughly four units of heat are added to the exterior atmosphere, three of wh…

"time.com/7381235/climate-change-a...
@climatecasino.net
For every unit of heat removed by AC from an interior space, four units are added to the exterior atmosphere, three of which must be supported by the electrical grid.
atkinsopht.wordpress.com/2022/08/28/t...
#HeatIslands

NEWS DIGEST | Heating Cities With Data Centres Finland is capturing waste heat from underground data centres and feeding it into district heating networks — turning server heat into a shared urban resource. As AI drives rapid data expansion, Helsinki shows how digital infrastructure can be integrated into local energy systems, cutting emissions and improving efficiency. The model works best in cities that are cold, dense, and already utilize district heating — and it highlights the role of public utilities in keeping energy governance local.

NEWS DIGEST | Heating Cities With Data Centres

Finland is capturing waste heat from underground data centres and feeding it into district heating networks — turning server heat into a shared urban resource.

#AI #DataCentres #HeatIslands #UrbanResource

Cities are getting hotter...and it’s not just the weather. In EP 46 of The Slanted Attic Abby dives into heat islands, building materials, and how permeable pavement could help cool cities.

Listen: linktr.ee/slantedattic

#Podcast #UrbanDesign #HeatIslands #SlantedAttic

Fast fashion fuels India’s climate and water crisis | Policy Circle Fast fashion, fast food, and fast housing are pushing India toward a climate and resource crisis. #fastfashion #climatechange #watercrisis

From #polyesterwaste to concrete #heatislands, India’s #growth model risks fuelling #climatechange. #urbanisation #fashionindustry
www.policycircle.org/opinion/fast...

Thrilled to share that my paper has now eclipsed 1,400 #citations! A huge thank you to everyone who has engaged with and built upon this work!

#ResearchImpact @arch_cambridge #greeninfrastructure #heatislands #heatriskmitigation
doi.org/10.1016/j.scit…

Japanese Ecologist Fukano Yūya Finds Hints About Ourselves in Biodiversity The need to preserve biodiversity is well recognized, but human preferences for certain species can inadvertently tip ecological scales. Chiba University’s Fukano Yūya looks at the interactions betwee...

How one Japanese Ecologist is trying to bring about change 🌍

#Ecology #UrbanEcology #HeatIslands #Adaptation #Anime #Reflection #Climate #Japan

www.nippon.com/en/people/c1...

Too Hot to Work Study shows outdoor workers in the US have up to 35 times the risk of dying from heat exposure than the general population.

#KillerHeat is especially deadly for children, elderly, disabled, and unhoused populations, those living in urban #HeatIslands, correctional facilities. During #DangerSeason outdoor workers also face staggering risks. bit.ly/3TEIB11

@vargas.house.gov‬ @schiff.senate.gov‬ @padilla.senate.gov‬

Too Hot to Work Study shows outdoor workers in the US have up to 35 times the risk of dying from heat exposure than the general population.

#KillerHeat is especially deadly for children, elderly, disabled, and unhoused populations, those living in urban #HeatIslands, correctional facilities, and those lacking access to air conditioning. During #DangerSeason outdoor workers also face staggering risks. bit.ly/3TEIB11

If you’re out and about today take note of how empty most of the downtown surface parking lots are.
#HamOnt #HeatIslands

This will lead to huge negative ecological/human impacts, including disturbance, soil sealing and fragmentation, UNLESS we begin to plan now.

#Water #Rivers #Food #Waste #Climate #Migration #Cities #Infrastructure #Housing #SeaLavelRises #StormSurges #HeatIslands

AMEN AMEN! Housing and trees and wildlife are **not** fundamentally incompatible - only short-sighted and greedy developers and urbanists who demonize trees think so! #heatislands #greed #urbanistdelusions #housing #urbantrees #urbancanopy

Grandma's Cedar This century-old cedar was cared for by a Seattle resident for 70 years. When she died, it was sold to a developer bent on its removal.

How Seattle city govt continues to say one thing and do the opposite. SAVE Seattle Trees! #seattle #trees #urbanforest #urbantrees #habitat #urbancanopy #heatislands

2024 Pierce County Urban Heat Mapping Project — Tacoma Tree Foundation In the summer of 2024, Pierce County conducted a community heat-mapping project to collect data on urban heat islands and produce a heat map. These are the results.

if we don't track it, we can't analyze it nor begin to deal with it. #tacoma #pugetsound #pnw #urbanheat #heatislands #urbantrees #data #science #seattle

🇫🇷 𝗠𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧 & 𝗣𝗢𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 🌡️👥

With summer heatwaves intensifying, I overlaid #MODIS LST and #GHSL 2030 population to spot where heat and people collide

#ClimateAction #UrbanResilience #GIS #HeatIslands #Sustainability

Are you adding trees? Ask your city to plant more trees
For shade & beauty;
To reduce #Heat
#HeatIslands

#treeplanting

53 native trees in MN
👇
www.dnr.state.mn.us/trees/native...

Choosing right tree
in the right place
👇
www.arborday.org/planning-sel...

While #landcover transition due to urbanization replaces vegetation with impervious surfaces, urbanization can spur vegetation gain through #landmanagement practices (urban forestry, street tree planting, provision of green spaces, etc.) & local urban climatic effects (e.g. #heatislands). 4/n

Redirecting

Very pleased to share that my paper has now clocked up 1200 #citations! It's incredibly rewarding to see the impact my #research is having in the academic and professional communities.

doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

@arch_cambridge @Cambridge_Uni, #greeninfrastructure #HeatIslands

Utilising green and bluespace to mitigate urban heat island intensity It has long been recognised that cities exhibit their own microclimate and are typically warmer than the surrounding rural areas. This ‘mesoscale’ inf…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#HeatIslands
#greeninfrastructure
#blueinfrastructure

Palms are grasses and do not create #treecanopy to prevent #heatislands. Do not let developers plant these in place of real trees. #urbanism+

Climate change and urbanization are heating and flooding our cities. Restoring buried waterways - and their riverbanks - could be one answer to many problems.
#HeatIslands #UrbanFlooding
#WildlifeHabitat

In this book, my colleagues and I aimed to highlight the presence of an important #LatinAmerican #scientific #community focused on the study of the intensifying #urban #heatislands.

Q&A with Radhika Khosla: Taking the heat out of warming cities Dr. Radhika Khosla, associate professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, research director of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainabl…

Read Radhika Khosla’s interview for Science Direct where she explores the challenges and solutions related to urban #HeatIslands and cooling demands in cities amidst #ExtremeHeat events. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

To Stop Building Heat Islands, Stop Overbuilding Parking Lots - Sightline Institute Update, July 2023: In 2022, Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted rules to reduce minimum parking ratios for jurisdictions within metropolitan areas, with an option for cities ...

To Stop Building #HeatIslands, Stop Overbuilding Parking Lots - Parking lots amplify high temperatures. Why are we still requiring them to be larger than they need to be? www.sightline.org/2022/01/11/t...

New #National #HeatIndex Uses @USGS [@EROS] Data
--
www.usgs.gov/centers/eros...
-
#GIS #spatial #mapping #NLCD #USA #publichealth #heat #heatstress #climatechange #extremeweather #spatialanalysis #urban #urbanareas #heatislands #cities #impervioussurface #remotesensing #landsat #development
@CDC

#Hotsat1 - UK Spacecraft #Maps #Heat Variations Across #Earth
-
tinyurl.com/4ardwtjz
-
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #infrastructure #buildings #satellite #temperature #earthobservation #thermalsensor #wildfire #infrared #heatmaps #urbanplanning #heatislands #climatechange#finance #industry