{"649028":{"#nid":"649028","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"These cities have the most stifling heat islands in the United States","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u0026rsquo;ve ever walked through New Orleans, Newark or New York City on a hot summer day, you\u0026rsquo;ve probably felt warmth radiating off the buildings or witnessed the heat mirage permeating off pavement and rooftops.\u0026nbsp;These cities, along with Houston, San Francisco and even relatively small places such as Burlington, Vt., feature some of the country\u0026rsquo;s most intense urban heat islands, according to a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medialibrary.climatecentral.org\/resources\/urban-heat-islands\u0022\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by the independent research group Climate Central. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, says in the story: \u0026quot;We need to begin conversations about what cities can do and get through these acute heat periods.\u0026nbsp;We can get ahead of the scramble and mobilize a community through its connective tissue.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-07-23 19:56:40","changed_gmt":"2021-07-23 19:56:40","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"cohort","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2021\/07\/15\/heat-island-rankings-climate-central\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"12808","name":"urban heat island"},{"id":"188345","name":"Climate Central"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}