Why #nighttime #heat can be so dangerous and why it’s getting worse

On average, nights are warming faster than days in most of the United States, a national climate assessment found.

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN, Jun 30, 2023

"Summers are getting hotter than ever, shattering all-time high temperature records, straining the energy grid and damaging critical infrastructure.

"#HeatWaves also are coming to include another increasingly dangerous element: overnight temperatures that don’t cool down enough to offer sufficient reprieve from stifling heat, particularly for people without access to #AirConditioning.

“'Most people don’t realize that hot nighttime temperatures have been outpacing daytime temperature increases across most populated regions worldwide in recent decades,' Columbia University’s Data Science Institute postdoctoral research scientist Kelton Minor told CNN.

“'We think it’s because as the days grow warmer, there is more moisture in the air that traps the heat,' the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health’s executive director, Lisa Patel, told CNN. 'During the day, that moisture reflects the heat, but at night, it traps the heat in.'

#Increasing nighttime heat is even more common in #cities because of the #UrbanHeatIsland effect, in which #metro areas are significantly hotter than their surroundings.

"Places with a lot of #asphalt, #concrete, buildings and #freeways absorb more of the sun’s heat than areas with ample #parks, #rivers and #tree-lined streets. At night, when temperatures are supposed to cool down, the retained heat is released back into the air, said University of Washington climate and health expert Kristie Ebi.

"Areas with a lot of #GreenSpace – with grass and trees that reflect sunlight and create shade – are cooler on summer’s hottest days, she said.

“'Many cities put together #CoolingShelters, but people have to know where they are, how to get to them and what hours they operate,' Ebi told CNN, noting city officials must rethink #UrbanPlanning to consider #ClimateChange."

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #HeatIndex #WetBulb

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/why-nighttime-heat-can-be-so-dangerous-and-why-its-getting-worse/1551868

‘Most of our children live in flats’: London park boarded up by developers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/29/most-children-live-flats-park-boarded-up-developers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #PeabodyTrust #lewishamcouncil #denbighshirecountycouncil #BalfourBeatty #play #greenspace

Just reading this again. I think the real story here is a developer threatening to hold a city to ransom with a vexatious lawsuit.
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#stAnnes #Clontarf #Raheny #greenSpace #urbanPlanning
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Council will defend 'de-zoning' of St Anne's Park despite DCC boss's advice - Dublin Live
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/council-defend-de-zoning-st-26185149

@Wolven
…we forgot to mention our anger at the ecological and #greenspace destruction!

God the #environmentalDestruction!

Re-boosting and keep fighting for what is fight and non-fascist.

Environmental activists struggle to protect #Turkey's Byzantine-era gardens

The World
Jan. 18, 2023
by Durrie Bouscaren

"In #Istanbul, #gardens once farmed by ancient Romans are slowly being taken over by the Turkish government for #development. Urban farmers and activists are to fighting to protect the land that sits next to the 5th-century, #Byzantine walls. But Durrie Bouscaren reports that tenuous land agreements give them few options."

#Enviroment #History #GreenSpace

https://theworld.org/media/2023-01-18/environmental-activists-struggle-protect-turkeys-byzantine-era-gardens

RT @CPRELondon@twitter.com

Do you dream of making a local neglected #greenspace 🌳more beautiful?
If you’re in #Lewisham, #Lambeth or #Southwark and need help funding the planting of hedgerows, trees, edible gardens or wildflowers then tell us a bit about your plans anna@cprelondon.org.uk 💚

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CPRELondon/status/1608764010387894279

The U.K.’s greenest cities have a Green Party presence on council

Notice the difference

#GreensMakeTheDifference #GreenSpace

@goodlawproject a) is there a UK list of #parks under threat? b) any chance you would have enough resource to stop pure cross-posting from #birdsite? #communityspace #greenspace #urbandesign

Seething Wells #Surbiton

We will still campaign for its restoration- it isn’t a developer’s play thing, it’s a community #greenSpace with #biodiversity

From this

#healthequity #greenspace climate justice means green space - in particular for poor/underserved communities and communities of color https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2791565

@icedquinn
Very funny, Quinn.

Though we're pretty sure we are doing a good job killing everything we depend on with #expontentialGrowth like that.

#ecology #environment #connectionToNature #greenSpace #wildPlaces #mentalIllness #betterNotBigger

2/3… #patina from age. Again, less car noise is better. Its part of the reason people #travel to these locations.

Full body #walking through these environments (ie. with ski-style sticks) is found to be most beneficial.

Studies have also shown that #birdSounds, when not combined with car or human sounds is restorative. And time spent in the yard helps people live longer. Children that grow up without #greenSpace are at greater risk of developmental issues.

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@bjb @kakure @RTP

@zleap
Indeed we cannot overstate enough the importance of green spaces, including private #greenSpace and large #trees on #publicHealth generally, including #mentalHealth.

Taking walks amongst #largeTrees and spending time at naturally occuring #mudBath retreats can (and was) prescribed by #doctors in the past century.

We know someone who's life benefitted greatly from at least one trip to such a #retreat.

#Minerals
@kakure @RTP

@Mycroft
Yes, a #UBI would be a step in the right direction.

The race to the bottom needs to stop, kids are increasingly growing up with #mentalProblems and #developmentalProblems because they are basically forced to eat garbage and/or live in #apartments with little access to #useable #greenSpace.

The #CEOclass use tricks to encourage #workers to accept worse and worse #workingConditions over time. A UBI reduces the amount of abuse the #sociopath can inflict.

@esvrld