Parked cars are heating up cities by significantly contributing to urban heat island effect—especially darker cars

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Aug 26, 2025, 12:00 pm186 ptsTrendingTop
The urban heat island effect describes the way urban areas get significantly warmer than the surrounding rural or suburban areas. There are a number of reasons why this occurs, although it can mostly be boiled down to the fact that there are fewer green spaces containing plants that cool off the surrounding air…

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