EPISODE · Jun 9, 2017 · 27 MIN
Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
from CrowdScience · host BBC World Service
Listener Ros Allen wondered why it always seems to rain on her village but not the one a mile away. It’s all down to microclimates. CrowdScience explores the impact of microclimates on our lives, discovers how more rain can help an English tea plantation and reveals the deadly effect of the urban heat island. Marnie Chesterton also talks to a local project in New York City, the Cool Roofs Program, that aims to reduce the urban heat effect, helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change. But just how much of a difference can measures like this really make?Do you have a question we can turn into a programme? Email us at [email protected]: Marnie Chesterton Producer: Marijke Peters(Image: Women standing on the edge of a forest with an umbrella. Credit: Getty Images)
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Listener Ros Allen wondered why it always seems to rain on her village but not the one a mile away. It’s all down to microclimates. CrowdScience explores the impact of microclimates on our lives, discovers how more rain can help an English tea plantation and reveals the deadly effect of the urban heat island. Marnie Chesterton also talks to a local project in New York City, the Cool Roofs Program, that aims to reduce the urban heat effect, helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change. But just how much of a difference can measures like this really make?Do you have a question we can turn into a programme? Email us at [email protected]: Marnie Chesterton Producer: Marijke Peters(Image: Women standing on the edge of a forest with an umbrella. Credit: Getty Images)
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