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A new, NASA-funded UC Irvine study has found that more than a third of public parks in South L.A. hit or exceeded dangerously high temperatures, while no parks in West L.A. did. Researchers determined that South L.A. parks were built with far more heat-retaining materials, such as artificial turf and concrete, than those in West L.A. Read more about stark inequities in park access: https://bit.ly/4my00X4 UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health Image description: Jason A. Douglas, UC Irvine associate professor and vice chair of health, society and behavior, conducts fieldwork measuring the surface temperatures of park equipment.