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

Union of Concerned Scientists

To some extent, our predictions have been conservative,” Penn State University climatologist Michael E. 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. Mann told the British public television network Channel 4 in mid-July.