The maps of the Urban Thermal Islands in Kuwait project, implemented by the science and technology sector at the Institute of Scientific Research showed a wide difference in the surface temperatures of Kuwait’s land in 7 years, from 2013 to 2020, Al Qabas daily reported.
The maps revealed that the surface temperatures in June 2013 in different regions ranged between 30 and 43.1 degrees Celsius, but in June 2020, a change in degrees was observed, which became no less than 44.7 degrees Celsius and up to 54.4 degrees, i.e. There is an increase of 11.3 degrees Celsius.
The surface temperature in some areas, such as Sulaibiya farms, large national parks in the capital, sabkhat areas, and artificial lakes in Al-Khairan maintained its coolness over the seven years, when the earth’s temperature was between 30 and 35 degrees Celsius.