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Study Reveals Surprising Role of Haze In the Warming of Chinese Cities

Note: Yale School of the Environment (YSE) was formerly known as the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES). News articles and events posted prior to July 1, 2020 refer to the School’s name at that time.

A new Yale-led study published in the journal Nature Communications sheds light on the surprising role that haze in China plays in promoting the urban heat island effect [UHI], a process whereby city centers tend to be significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas.

Kai Chen

PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health), Yale School of Public Health, Director of Research, Climate Change and Health and Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Collaborating with the Resilient Cities Network at the Intersection of Climate, Health, and Health Equity

The Yale School of Public Health’s program to target urban inequalities through research and policy with the Resilient Cities Network

Sarah Lowe

Sarah Lowe, PhD is Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavorial Sciences) at the Yale School of Public Health, with secondary appointments as Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing at the Yale School of Nursing, and Affiliated Faculty at the Yale Institute for Global Health.

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Kathleen Duffany

Kathleen Duffany, PhD, MEd is Assistant Professor of Clinical Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences) at the Yale School of Public Health and Director of Research and Evaluation at the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE).

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Robert Dubrow

MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences), Yale School of Public Health, Faculty Director, Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, Environmental Health Sciences, Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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David Vlahov

PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Yale School of Nursing with a joint appointment in Epidemiology and Public Health.

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Jeannette Ickovics

PhD, Samuel and Liselotte Herman Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Dean of Faculty, Yale-NUS College, Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health.

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Michelle Bell

PhD, MSE, MSc, Mary E. Pinchot Professor of Environmental Health, Yale School of the Environment

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Health

Study Reveals Surprising Role of Haze In the Warming of Chinese Cities

Collaborating with the Resilient Cities Network at the Intersection of Climate, Health, and Health Equity

The Yale School of Public Health’s program to target urban inequalities through research and policy with the Resilient Cities Network

Using Earth Observations to Reduce Greenspace and Health Inequities in Connecticut

A NASA-supported project at the Yale School of the Environment, the State of Connecticut, and the City of New Haven