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Are cool roofs worth it for Melbourne

, 2011
Roofs are important assets in the struggle to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings. Cool roof technology offers one way in which this can be tackled.
Whimpey, Bruce Gregory
core  

Botanic and heritage gardens as living laboratories in the age of the polycrisis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Cities face intertwined crises of climate, biodiversity loss and social disconnection. We show how botanic and heritage gardens can help address these challenges as living laboratories to generate place‐based evidence and public engagement.
Kevin Frediani
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated tree canopy expansion and cool roofs can optimize air temperature and heat exposure reductions in Boston

Communications Earth & Environment
Tree canopy expansion and albedo management represent pathways to reduce urban heat. Here we develop a statistical model to downscale coarse resolution estimates of air temperature and estimate marginal impacts of tree canopy and cool roof solutions ...
Ian A. Smith, Dan Li, David K. Fork, Gregory A. Wellenius, Lucy R. Hutyra   +4 more
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Leaf heat tolerance in a native Californian shrub responds in expected and unexpected ways to differences in range, season, and sunlight exposure

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Earth's ecosystems are experiencing wide‐ranging impacts from global climate change, including increased average and extreme temperatures. These temperature shifts can drastically affect plant physiology, threatening the future of even common plant species. Here, we focus on photosynthetic function in a native Southern California shrub species.
Anna K. M. Bowen, Helen Holmlund, Anna L. Jacobsen, R. Brandon Pratt, Christine Scoffoni, Ishan Ashford, Olivia Plumb, Casey Wisely, Gretchen North   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing pests by increasing predators through late termination of cover crops

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Adding cover crops to crop rotations can improve the sustainability and ecosystem functioning of agroecosystems. By delaying cover‐crop termination, growers can effectively increase natural enemy populations and reduce the need for chemical controls. Abstract BACKGROUND Adding cover crops to crop rotations can improve the sustainability and ecosystem ...
Jared S Adam, John M Wallace, John F Tooker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interaction of urban heat islands and heat waves under current and future climate conditions and their mitigation using green and cool roofs in New York City and Phoenix, Arizona

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
Urban environments and heat waves interact synergistically and aggravate the thermal environment through the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Of concern is the potential for a projected warmer future climate to further compound heat waves in urban ...
Mukul Tewari, Jiachuan Yang, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Francisco Salamanca, Campbell Watson, Lloyd Treinish   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reviewing Resilience Enhancement Solutions for the Built Environment under Climate Stressors [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Mediterranean cities are increasingly exposed to extreme heat events, amplifying urban heat island effects and compromising outdoor thermal comfort. This study investigates the microclimatic performance of a representative high-density urban district in ...
Petrou Anastasios, Georgiou Artemis, Georgiou Styliani, Koumenidou Kyriaki, Kyriakou Constantina, Fokaides Paris A.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Observations and numerical simulations of a valley‐exit wind in the Alpine Bolzano basin

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
The evolution and spreading of the nocturnal valley‐exit wind flowing from the Isarco Valley into the Bolzano basin, in the Italian Alps, are found to be influenced by the basin temperature stratification. Measurements and high‐resolution simulations show that a cold‐air pool favors an upward trajectory of the flow at the exit of the valley.
Federica Gucci, Andrea Zonato, Marco Falocchi, Dino Zardi, Lorenzo Giovannini   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the Application of Cool Paintings for the Passive Cooling of Existing Buildings in Mediterranean Climates

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2013
Building roofs play a very important role in the energy balance of buildings, especially in summer, when they are hit by a rather high solar irradiance.
V. Costanzo, G. Evola, A. Gagliano, L. Marletta, F. Nocera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A framework to evaluate and identify development requirements for land‐surface models at km‐scale resolution: Application to a semi‐arid and mountainous region

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
This article provides a first evaluation of land‐surface models at the km‐scale resolutions at which they are used in weather and Earth‐system models. At these resolutions, the lateral transfers of water that organize landscapes play an important role in predicting evaporation correctly. Riparian processes and human water management for irrigation need
Jan Polcher, Julie Collignan, Juan Pablo Sierra Perez, Gabriele Arduini, Sophie Bastin, Martin Best, Aaron Boone, Manel Bravo, Francesca Covella, Jasper M. C. Denissen, Cenlin He, Simon Munier, Marc Prange, Elena Shevliakova   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source