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urban heat island effectGuardian
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Researchers simulated the impact of buildings in one of China 's megacities Shanghai to understand what impact the cityscape is having on the wind.
Shanghai ’s built landscape takes a significant amount of energy out of the wind, slowing it down by about 50% .
However, during warm periods when the urban heat island effect is particularly strong, the slowing effect of the buildings is outweighed by the energy being added via turbulent mixing with the air above.
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