Humidity is by far the largest influential factor. We're running into more and more of that. The most common underlying surface of those artificial surfaces is ground up automobile tires. All those artificial surfaces are now contributing to that solar heating effect because of the manner in which those surfces are manufactured.
How do you prevent a heat stroke? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about stopping heat illness deaths and the challenges of increasing heat waves with kinesiologist, Bud Cooper, and climate scientist, Radley Horton.
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