Bats and Rats can Serve as 'Weather Stations,' Israeli Researchers Say
In a new biologically assisted sampling approach, scientists got bats to map urban heat islands.
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In a new biologically assisted sampling approach, scientists got bats to map urban heat islands.
The Talmud study, said Yovel, “is a good example of how interdisciplinarity and the use of tools from one scientific field can enrich another.”
In a collaborative effort between zoologists and geographers from Tel Aviv University, a new study utilizing bats to map Urban Heat Islands in central Israel reveals that during the winter months, the air over the main Tel Aviv Ayalon Highway can be up to five degrees Celsius warmer than the air in Yarkon Park. The […]
In an imaginative collaborative measure taken between geographers and zoologists from Tel Aviv University, a new study using bats to map Urban Heat Islands in Gush Dan discloses that during the winter months, the air over the Ayalon Highway could be up to 5 ? warmer compared to the air in Yarkon Park.
"Thanks to the bats, we were able to create the first three-dimensional map of Urban Heat Islands in Gush Dan," said Prof. Alexandra Chudnovsky.