Urban heat island Current Affairs, GK & News
What is Micro-climatic Zone Shifting?
The study on “Preparing India for climate events” was recently published by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water. This is the first time the extreme weather event hotspots in India have been mapped. Key findings The unpredictability, intensity and frequency of extreme events in India has increased. The extreme climate events witnessed by India ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Climate change • Flash Floods • micro climatic zone shifting • urban floods • Urban heat island
The researchers of IIT-Gandhinagar analyses that urban areas are cooler than non-urban areas during heat waves
The researchers at IIT-Gandhinagar has conducted study of 89 urban areas in India. In it, they found that though there is an absolute increase in temperature during heat waves in both urban and non-urban areas, the urban areas are relatively cooler than the surrounding non-urban areas. At 1.94°C, the absolute increase in temperature during the ..
Topics: Heat wave • Meteorology • Nature • Torridness • Urban area • Urban heat island • Urban planning • Urban resilience
Urban Heat Island
The urban heat island is a phenomenon when the heat gets trapped near the earth’s surface as a result of a decline in green cover, rapid urbanisation, energy-intensive activities, and concrete structures. Urban heat islands can have worse air and water quality than their rural neighbours. UHIs often have lower air quality because there are ..
Topics: Air pollution • Climate forcing • Cultural globalization • Environmental science • Pollutant • UHI • Urban heat island • Urbanization • Water