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SCIENCE STUDIO: Urban Heat Islands

  In a rebroadcast from Feb. 20, 2011, Keith & Russ talk with Sharon Harlan, Professor at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and Senior Sustainability Scientist with the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University.  Harlan talks about the impact of urban heat islands, in which cities can often report a 10-degree difference when compared to outlying areas.  The difference in temperatures can often vary from neighborhood to neighborhood.

Aired July 12, 2015

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