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These psychedelic images reveal what your weather app isn't telling you (grist.org)
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[–] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes it's damn hot out, but this article is misleading. This is about radiant heat, not actual air temperature.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    I think that's the point though, that the app can be misleading as to the needs of the people using it, especially in regards health.

    Or, “What’s the right mix of things that will actually reduce the likelihood of heat-related illnesses?”

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    No, the weather app lies: It tells you the air temperature (shadow), but ignores radiant heat.

    Urban heat islands are a thing that also increase the air temperature by at least 2 Kelvin and can be easily be explained with this article.

    Interestingly, putting grass on things doesn't seem good enough. Finally, must-be-exposed solar cells will be the next issue.

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    • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I can't wait for the days where passive cooling (highly emissive IR panels that require little to no electricity to cool buildings) create new errors in the sat data that scientists have to deal with instead of "Oh yeah we're fucking RUINING the place in specific regions and creating heat islands around all these carbon fuel powerplants and datacenters"

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