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Thermally dense dark asphalt can reach up to 75 degrees Celsius, which is intensifying the effects of heatwaves.
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00:27 >> These materials, they can have surface temperatures that are significantly lower
00:31 than your typical asphalt, and that way they can cool the environment around them.
00:36 [ Music ]
00:58 >> The choices we make about how to build our cities now will decide how many people die
01:04 in the heat waves of the future.
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