"Just about every roof in western Sydney is black. Fifteen or so years back, having a dark-colored roof became really popular. They look stylish and modern, so people loved them. The problem is, that's a 150 square meter surface sitting in the sun all day attracting and absorbing huge amounts of heat."
"Experts have long warned that the urban heat island effect, in which certain pockets experience significantly higher temperatures than surrounding areas and cool more slowly at night, will only worsen as the climate warms."
"Australia's warmest year on record was 2019, and eight of the nine warmest years on record have occurred since 2013. In the record warm year of 2019 there were 40 days with extremely high nationally-averaged mean temperatures..."
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