Environment Day: How UP lost its cool and how to get out of ‘heat trap’

As temperatures soar across the state, scientists are increasingly focusing not only on how Uttar Pradesh got trapped in the heat, but also on how it can cool itself again. This summer, residents of Lucknow and several districts across UP are finding themselves trapped in what experts describe as “open-air heat chambers” — a consequence of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.

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