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It’s not your imagination — it’s getting hotter. 🥵 Since the 1960s, heat waves are becoming more and more frequent. And it turns out that the way we build cities —like Los Angeles— is making the problem worse.

UCLA professor V. Kelly Turner calls extreme heat “the greatest environmental and equity challenge facing California today.” Here’s how we can address the crisis.

☀️ Read more about this research at: https://www.universityofcalifornia.ed...

😎 How to stay safe during a heat wave: https://www.universityofcalifornia.ed...

🏘 The science of cool surfaces: https://www.universityofcalifornia.ed...

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Summers in the U.S. are getting hotter: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
UC San Diego Surface Temperature Map: https://sabenz.users.earthengine.app/...
UC Davis study on thermal inequality: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/3/9...
Trees Grow on Money: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
50 Grades of Shade: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/jou...

00:00 Heat is a BIG problem
00:38 Why our cities are hotter
01:29 Heat inequality
01:58 Don't underestimate shade
02:55 Cities are testing out solutions
03:08 Indoor cooling
03:31 Taking urban heat seriously

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