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Cities Create Weather

Posted by michael on from the hawking-umbrellas dept.

NightEyes Decorum writes "Time is running a short piece on some research being conducted by meteorologists. While it's been known for a while that cities trap heat, research into the effect of this extra heat is only now just being studied. Apparently, some cities trap enough heat to actually create rainfall."

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  1. I've always suspected.. by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... that Portland was like this. This is not through scientific experimentation or anything, it's because it just felt like Portland was always raining when other places weren't. I can't believe meteorologists would just now be looking into that.

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  2. Re:Try Dallas by Pieroxy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't you think that would be because Austin is closer to the sea? Hmmm?

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