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Title: To Beat the Heat, Phoenix Paints Its Streets Gray
Post by: rcjordan on October 04, 2021, 12:48:09 AM

^{Good news: Lowered temp. Bad news: Felt hotter (due to reflected heat)}

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-beat-the-heat-phoenix-paints-its-streets-gray/

Title: Re: To Beat the Heat, Phoenix Paints Its Streets Gray
Post by: rcjordan on December 07, 2021, 06:26:32 PM

New study outlines high costs of extreme heat in Phoenix - Albuquerque Journal
https://www.abqjournal.com/2452125/new-study-outlines-high-costs-of-extreme-heat-in-phoenix.html

Title: Re: To Beat the Heat, Phoenix Paints Its Streets Gray
Post by: ergophobe on December 08, 2021, 02:32:04 AM

>>planting enough trees to provide canopy for a quarter of the desert city

What is the part about "desert" that this article misses? One thing global warming will change is the amount of water Phoenix has available. The simple fact is that 1.6 million people living in the desert is the result of suboptimal planning.

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