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Scientists have known for 200 years that the temperature in a city can be higher than that in its environs--something they learned when an amateur weather watcher detected a 1.58°F temperature difference between London and its suburbs. Modern cities, with their cars and heat-trapping buildings, can create an even bigger temperature gap, sometimes as much as 10?...
...Number of Chinese fireworks plants that have been closed for fear that a heat wave could spark explosions...
Feeling The Heat EUROPE As the mercury continued to climb to record-breaking levels across Europe, there was no respite in sight for the Continent's sweltering citizens. Forecasters predicted the hot weather - blamed on strong rains in sub-Saharan Africa - would continue to the middle of the month at least, and possibly into September. With temperatures regularly nudging - and, in some places, exceeding - 40°C, Europeans faced renewed misery. Train tracks buckled, hundreds of thousands of farm animals died and crops either wilted in the heat or ripened prematurely. Although the fires that ravaged countries from Portugal...
...Cambridge City Council turned up the heat on the City Manager at their summer meeting earlier this week, calling for renewed action to address the recent crime wave in the neighborhoods along the Charles River...
...protective gear is nearly as sophisticated. Body armor once used mainly for dirt-track motorcycle racing has become fashionable among mountain bikers. A $500 body suit from the Italian designer Dainese features protection from the shoulders to the shins, with an aluminum "honeycomb inner structure" to help dissipate body heat...