Making Exeter cooler

We want to make Exeter cooler! Not just in the super cool science centre we want to create, but through our climate-friendly projects we’re working on! Find out more about those here:

Did you spot the land surface temperature ‘heat map’ of Exeter in our exhibition (below)? It’s featuring in our current major project Our World From Space, where we exploring how these images are made using infrared imaging – and how we can use these images to guide how we can adapt to the effects of climate change (extreme heat, flooding, as well as biodiversity loss).

And this leads onto another project that we’re planning to work on! We’d like to explore how this kind of satellite data can inform why – and where – communities should plant trees and other vegetation in their local area, and work with them to make a really awesome, science-informed project on it. If you’re part of an Exeter community that might be interested in this, get in touch!