Report on a recent paper in Nature communications

Report on a recent paper in Nature communications

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June 1, 2023

The EU Science Hub reports about the paper titled “Spatially-optimized urban greening for reduction of population exposure to land surface temperature extremes” recently published in the journal nature communication, where the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and our Earth Observation Research Hub at the University of Würzburg have been involved. Please read the full report here: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/more-vegetation-targeted-urban-areas-can-mitigate-extreme-heat-2023-05-31_en

 

 

And see here for details on the published paper: https://remote-sensing.org/new-publication-on-urban-greening-for-reduction-of-urban-heat-islands/

 

 

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