Desperate for shade on your walk? There’s (almost) an app for that.
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It’s getting increasingly unbearable, even downright dangerous, to walk in cities. That’s because of the urban heat island effect: Buildings, sidewalks, and roads absorb the sun’s energy and radiate it back at pedestrians, raising temperatures far above that you’d find in the surrounding countryside. If a city like Phoenix doesn’t have enough shade, people can’t […]