Walk 100 yards from a city park and streets get hotter, dirtier, and noisier, study shows

Walk 100 yards from a city park and streets get hotter, dirtier, and noisier, study shows

A city park does more than provide outdoor opportunities to a neighborhood; new research suggests it can significantly decrease outdoor pollutants and temperatures compared to surrounding areas.  What's happening? In a study led by the University of Surrey's Global Centre for Clean Air Research, as first reported by Phys.org, researchers found that urban parks may help protect people in cities from rising heat, air pollution, and noise. Research…