/ Heat Islands Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /climate/news/poor-swelter-as-urban-areas-of-u-s-southwest-get-hotter <p>Acres of asphalt parking lots, unshaded roads, dense apartment complexes and neighborhoods with few parks have taken their toll on the poor. As climate change accelerates, low-income districts in the Southwestern United States are 4 to 7 degrees hotter in Fahrenheit — on average — than wealthy neighborhoods in the same metro regions, University of California, Davis, researchers have found in a new analysis.&nbsp;</p> February 18, 2021 - 11:10am Karen Michele Nikos /climate/news/poor-swelter-as-urban-areas-of-u-s-southwest-get-hotter