• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sure, individually. But in cities you’ve got tens of hundreds of thousands of buildings, if not millions, doing the exact same thing. Combine that with all the heat absorbed from asphalt, concrete, etc. We’ve known for a long time that cities are usually a few degrees F hotter than the surrounding area.