Kenya: The Loss of Vegetation Is Creating a Dangerous Heat Island Over Nairobi

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Kenya: The Loss of Vegetation Is Creating a Dangerous Heat Island Over Nairobi

[The Conversation Africa] Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, used to be known as the "Green City in the Sun" for its lush environment. There have been however recently been a lot of changes to Nairobi's land cover - what's on the ground's surface. Most recently, there was uproar over the felling of hundreds of trees to make way for the construction of the Nairobi Expressway. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Victor Ongoma and Patricia Mwangi to share their insights into how changes in land cover affect the city and its

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