Heat and Cold Waves Are Worse Than Expected for Urban Commuters (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Heat and Cold Waves Are Worse Than Expected for Urban Commuters (1 of 2)

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Urban population dynamic further aggravates health risk under heat waves. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the December 18th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by J. Yang at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong, China, and colleagues was titled, "Population dynamics modify urban residents' exposure to extreme temperatures across the United States."

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[Credit: Jiachuan Yang]

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