Neat News 771 (added 2018-02-09)

Reducing Heat in Cities

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There are geo-engineering approaches that allow to reduce extreme heat. Essentially the idea is to have brighter crops in crop-producing areas and brighter surfaces in cities, since these reflect the sunlight better. Models have shown that this way it should be possible to reduce extreme heat by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius. The method avoids problems of methods such as putting sulfate aerosol injections into the stratosphere.

News seen at: ScienceDaily - Society/Education News