Unintended climate trade-off: Clean air policies intensify urban heat island in humid cities, study finds

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Jun 29, 2026, 1:20 pm111 ptsTrending
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered a critical, underrecognized trade-off in global environmental policies: While essential for improving public health, large-scale air pollution reductions are unintentionally intensifying warm-season surface urban heat islands (UHI) in humid…

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