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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. Hotlanta by MacJedi · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Atlanta's Urban Heat Alters Weather Patterns

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