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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed

People walking on parched ground in Brockwell Park, south London, with a view of the Shard and the City of London in the background.
The City of London records the highest built-environment score and the least effective natural cooling of any city. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most by the end of this century as global heating turns British cities into urban heat islands, according to research.

Analysis from Ordnance Survey (OS) has created a heat vulnerability index for all cities in Great Britain. Portsmouth, which sits on the south coast of England and is home to 208,000 people, is the most vulnerable to extreme heat today and into the future, according to the research from the OS, the Met Office and the data analysis company 4 Earth Intelligence.

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