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Ask a Scientist: ‘Danger Season’ Summers Disproportionately Harm Disadvantaged Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

JDB: Cities have dense concentrations of asphalt, cement and other surfaces that absorb solar heat during the day and radiate it back into the environment. For example, Phoenix is taking heat mitigation seriously by establishing one of the first heat mitigation and response offices at the municipal level. degrees F to as much as 12.6

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

It describes fluctuations between the sea level atmospheric pressure from the areas known as the Azores High and the Icelandic Low although these are not set in stone (8). It also incorporates both a warm and a cool period during the oscillation - both of which impact upper atmospheric winds (10). The Human Impacts on Climate.