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Indian Country: Buildings, roads, and other infrastructure that make up urban environments typically make cities hotter than surrounding rural areas, a condition known as an urban heat island.
If you live in Albuquerque, Denver, Minneapolis, Portland or Seattle, you inhabit a notably hotter environment than do your rural neighbors during the hottest months of the year, thanks to the urban heat island effect. Other cities with large Native American populations like Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Tucson suffer, too.......
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Take heed city dwellers: it’s hot and getting hotter
Posted by Indian Country: Terri Hansen Read More At http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/08/22/t on August 23rd, 2014
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