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Source: Adobe Firefly</div> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Why are we climate scientists? For us, there is a number of reasons: we feel a strong bond to nature, we like to solve puzzles and we want to understand the mechanisms of what we see every day. And – even if it only manifests at the end of a causal chain – we want to contribute to a just and livable world via working in climate science. Thus, due to distant and abstract state funding ...<a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cl/2024/12/06/open_climate_science/" class="read-more more-link" title="Open climate science is brave climate science">[Read More]</a></p> </div> </article> <article class="post-loop post-4507 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climate-of-the-present tag-blue-roofs tag-climate-change-adaptation tag-heat-mitigation tag-roof-greenings tag-urban-heat-island-uhi-effect tag-urban-microclimate-modelling"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="loop-title"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cl/2024/05/03/urban_heat_island_effect/" title="Modelling the heat mitigation effects of blue roofs and green roofs to assess climate change adaptation potentials in dense urban environments" target="">Modelling the heat mitigation effects of blue roofs and green roofs to assess climate change adaptation potentials in dense urban environments</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-author"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cl/author/nils-eingruber/" title="Posts by Nils Eingrüber" class="author url fn" rel="author">Nils Eingrüber</a></span> <span class="meta-date">May 3, 2024</span> </div>  </header>  <div class="post-thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter"> <a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cl/2024/05/03/urban_heat_island_effect/"> <img src="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cl/files/2024/05/feauture_Nills-transformed-700x400.jpeg" data-rel="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cl/files/2024/05/feauture_Nills-transformed-1400x800.jpeg" width="700" height="400" alt="Modelling the heat mitigation effects of blue roofs and green roofs to assess climate change adaptation potentials in dense urban environments" class="wp-post-image" /> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Urban areas often show higher temperatures than their surrounding rural areas, especially during heat events. This phenomenon is called the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The magnitude of the UHI effect is expressed by the absolute temperature difference between the rural and the urban area and can reach more than 10 °C. 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It is also an amazing opportunity to spark exciting collaborations and expand your network with scientists from all over Europe and the world. 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