Abstract. The urban climate literature has highlighted the remarkable prominence of nighttime UHI phenomenon. During effects become more evident due to greater thermal inertia materials used in fabric. It is during night when heat accumulated materials, especially contexts waves, can generate significant health risks. low cooling capacity construction negatively affects comfort and dwellers. Ho...

Since reforms carried out in the late 1970s, China has experienced unprecedented rates of urban growth. Remote sensing data and surface observational data are used to investigate the urbanization process and related environmental consequences, focusing on extreme heat events and air pollution, in Zhejiang Province (ZJP, East China). Examination of satellite-measured nighttime light data indicat...

The rapidly increasing rate of urbanization has a major impact on the ecology and evolution of species. While increased temperatures are a key aspect of urbanization ("urban heat islands"), we have very limited knowledge whether this generates differentiation in thermal responses between rural and urban populations. In a common garden experiment, we compared the thermal performance curves (TPCs...