Urban green spaces provide shade for city dwellers facing rising temperatures brought on by climate change and urban heat islands, but humidity may cancel some of the cooling relief. 

The OEFS course has wrapped up another impressive Spring semester, with students presenting their final projects that harness remote sensing technologies to address pressing environmental issues. The projects encompassed a wide array of topics, demonstrating the diverse applications of remote sensing in environmental research and analysis.

Yichen Yang, a PhD Candidate in Yale School of the Environment, has been awarded Yale University’s Esri Innovation Program (EIP) Student of the Year for 2022. Yang won the award based on his work in the “Biking for Science and Health” scientific project, under the supervision of Professor Xuhui Lee. 

As temperatures across the globe reach record-level highs, urban areas are facing increased heat stress. Cities are generally warmer and dryer than adjacent rural land. But in the Global South, there is an additional complicating factor — urban humid heat.