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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. Equilibrium by Smartcowboy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Humankind, by the power of brain, disrupt the natural equilibrium of mother earth. The system want to reach its equilibrium back. Expect more and more destruction by natural disaster if people don't learn the law of nature.