UCLA researchers have recorded surface temperatures of 145 degrees Fahrenheit on playground asphalt. RELATED: Historic investment in urban trees underway across the US Now there's a growing push ...

Let us know! At West Philly’s Overbrook Elementary School, a group of third graders recently spent part of the morning outside in their asphalt schoolyard. Split into groups and holding printed maps ...

A majority of LAUSD school campuses are covered in asphalt, which absorbs heat. Temperatures on asphalt schoolyards in the summer in places like the San Fernando Valley can register up to 142 ...