Tag: heat islands

There is a hint of barren red in the blue of the sea. A picture was recently released by the space research agency NASA. It can be called the mirage map of the capital Delhi and adjoining areas. A NASA satellite called Ecostress measures soil temperature from space. It has taken statistics of about twelve and a half thousand square kilometres in Delhi and adjoining areas from 5 to 13 May. The base is marked in red as 'Heat Island' or 'Heat Island'. Temperatures there hover around 39 degrees Celsius during the day and 35 degrees Celsius at night; At least 4-5 degrees higher than the surroundings. According to environmentalists, the more the natural landscape in the city is covered with concrete, the more it starts to retain heat. And that is the consequence. The maximum tempera...