To the editor: L.A. is not any stranger to extreme warmth (“As L.A. bakes, duration of heat waves is accelerating faster than climate change, UCLA study shows,” July 10). A easy process, corresponding to getting groceries, out of the blue turns into a lot riskier within the sizzling climate.
This summer time, I walked round downtown. Right here, I met a lady named Maria, who was ready on the bus cease. She describes the quite a few occasions she has seen others faint due to the warmth.
Darkish pavement is among the main contributors to trapping warmth. Asphalt will be up to 60 degrees hotter than the encompassing air.
Our state has beforehand experimented with coating streets with reflective surfaces. As a substitute, we should always strive a less complicated answer: timber.
Studies show that communities with extra timber see a cooling impact. Timber present essential shade that decreases the encompassing temperature.
Let’s work collectively and plant extra timber to make life in L.A. slightly extra nice and hospitable.
Wesley Peng, Lengthy Seaside
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To the editor: It’s apparent that our planet is getting hotter. Excessive-temperature data are being damaged around the globe. This UCLA report signifies that the warmth will not be solely rising, nevertheless it’s lasting longer. What disturbs me on this reporting is one researcher’s implication that the correct response is to adapt to it. Speed up adaptation planning, we’re informed, and plant extra shade timber, design buildings in a different way, go outdoor earlier within the day. Garbage.
Somewhat than merely adapt, we should change the situations which are creating the warmth. Each story about our world getting hotter ought to remind readers why it’s getting hotter. It’s easy. Now we have put, and are persevering with to place, an excessive amount of carbon within the ambiance. The logical response is to cease doing this, to start now to section out burning coal, oil and fuel, and deploy as quick as potential available, inexpensive, clear power.
Robert Taylor, Santa Barbara
