Urban Heat Islands

Title: Urban Heat Islands
Category: Society & Culture / Environment | Words: 543 | Pages: 2.3 (approximately 235 words/page)

Urban Heat Islands

Enviromental problem that little is spoken about. Good Job, interesting subject Urban Heat Islands For more than 100 years, it has been known that two adjacent cities are generally warmer than the surrounding areas. This region of city warmth, known as an urban heat island, can influence the concentration of air pollution. The urban heat island is formed when industrial and urban areas are developed and heat becomes more abundant. In rural areas, a large part …showed first 75 words of 543 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 543 total…that the phenomenon was due to the additional emission of particles. As industrial output increases pollution particles increase available condensation nuclei, thus increasing rainfall. This process of increasingly wet climate is the result of industries to the west of La Porte. Bibliography : 'Disasters', by Charles H. V. Ebert 'Physical Geography Of The Global Environment', by H. J. de Blij & Peter O. Muller 'Essentials Of Meteorology', by C. Donald Ahrens 'Comptons Encyclopedia', Prodigy On-line Edition

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