Question

Urban heat islands affect local air current and weather conditions including:

1) increased number of thunderstorms over cities in summer months
2) lingering dust domes over cities
3) stronger natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes
4) extreme cold temperatures in the winter and record setting heat in summer
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. Both 1 and 2

Answer 1

The answer is (E.) Both 1 & 2.

Urban heat islands (UHI) affect local air current and weather conditions including:

1) increased number of thunderstorms over cities in summer months

2) lingering dust domes over cities

Step-by-step explanation:

As urban areas develop, their landscape and environment experience changes, especially in the advent of industrialization. Urban heat islands (UHI) is the phenomenon that occurs when these areas become significantly warmer than their surrounding due to these human activities.

Some of the effects of UHI is that it compromises air quality by increasing the production of pollutants such as ozone, and it decreases the water quality, making warmer waters flow into surrounding streams, causing imbalance in the ecosystem.