Rooftop Gardens Can Help Alleviate Heat in Cities, Study Finds - EcoWatch
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Due to an effect called the “urban heat island,” temperatures are often ten degrees higher in cities than in surrounding areas due to the heat absorption and retention of materials like asphalt and concrete. Bright rooftops that reflect the sun or “green roofs” filled with plants and greenery can alleviate some of the extreme city heat, new research by climate scientists from New York’s NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) said.
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