{"358541":{"#nid":"358541","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Prof. Stone\u2019s research fuels the cooling of Louisville","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring the hottest times of year, dark or paved areas\u2014whether on roofs or on the ground\u2014soak up and store heat. These surfaces continue to release this heat throughout the day and night, preventing the area from cooling down after sunset. Patchy urban tree canopies struggle to clean the air and keep temperatures down. The urban heat islands don\u2019t cause air pollution, but make the effects of pollution worse.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Brian Stone is one of the country\u2019s foremost experts in urban heat. \u201cCities essentially create their own climates,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd the urban heat island effect is one way to measure that. There\u2019s a heat island effect, really, in every large city.\u201d Stone\u2019s research found that Louisville is warming at the fastest rate of any city in the nation, causing summer temperatures in the urban core to be up to 20 degrees higher than surrounding areas. Louisville is taking this possibility seriously and, in the process, has been more aggressive and comprehensive than any other city in tackling the problem, including securing private grants to fund a $135,000 study of the city\u2019s urban heat island. The analysis, which is scheduled to be done later this year, is the first of its kind in the country, and possibly the world, according to Stone, who is leading the project.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2014-12-18 10:47:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:26","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"salt water marshes","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/12\/louisville-heat-tree-cover-113424.html#.VJLm5orF83Y","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1349","name":"Brian Stone"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"437","name":"cooling"},{"id":"56681","name":"heat island"},{"id":"32991","name":"louisville"},{"id":"2327","name":"warming"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}