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Cooling Dwight: Researchers are helping to address heat inequities in New Haven

During the hottest summer days in New Haven's Dwight neighborhood, the kids at Kensington Playground improvise a way to stay cool—wedging T-shirts along the splash pad drain to form a makeshift pool. As the water rises, they lie on their stomachs in a circle around the drain, maximizing the water's...

Cooling Dwight: Researchers are helping to address heat inequities in New Haven
Image: Phys.org
During the hottest summer days in New Haven's Dwight neighborhood, the kids at Kensington Playground improvise a way to stay cool—wedging T-shirts along the splash pad drain to form a makeshift pool. As the water rises, they lie on their stomachs in a circle around the drain, maximizing the water's cooling effects.

Originally published at Phys.org

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