Rethinking urban design's for 21st-century weather
Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of weather extremes throughout the United States, such as heat waves and heavy rainfall
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Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of weather extremes throughout the United States, such as heat waves and heavy rainfall
University of Delaware researcher Jing Gao investigated how changes in urban land and population will affect future populations’ exposures to weather extremes under climate conditions at the end of the 21st century.
Well-designed urban land patterns can reduce population exposures to weather extremes
<p>Simultaneous outbreaks of large wildfires will become more frequent in the Western United States this century as the climate warms, putting major strains on efforts to fight fires, according to research led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The most severe wildfire seasions will become at least twice as frequent.</p>