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Researchers find solar panels increase city temperatures and wind speeds (www.notebookcheck.net)
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Rooftop photovoltaic solar panels warm up and cool down cities in Nature Cities

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[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

after building a more detailed simulation than prior models that solar panels increase urban temperature variations, causing the five simulated cities to be hotter during the day and colder during the night.

Important bit here seems to be its a simulated city, fwiw. Though I can see the logic

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Realize I'm replying to myself, but does this heating take the actual climate heating that is ongoing due to continued fossil fuel use?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What do you mean by “take” here?

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

I suppose "accounting for" would've been a better description

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