Why The Air Feels Hotter Now ?

Nowadays, we can fell that the air is hotter than before. We always ask "why the air feels hotter and hotter ?". So, this is the simple answer. Check this out !

Since the amount of the forest decreased and substituted by the buildings, energy that produced by the air-conditioner, smoke from factory and vehicles is increase day by day. Even the concrete or asphalt road can absorb the heat and then release it. All of these factors can make the air temperature in the city is higher than the surrounding area and then it can cause the "Urban Heat Island Phenomena". Particularly in the hot or drought season, because the temperature in the night is hot, too and there is no rain to "wash out" the air.

So, what can we do to make the air temperature not to be  hotter ? Here is some simple things to do.

We can reduce the use of air-conditioner in our home. Actually, the air-conditioner just cooling the internal part of our home, but it just make the air outside our house hotter because of the air-conditioner's compressor. So, we can turn it off if we want to leave the room for the long time.

We also can minimize the use of motorcycle or car in order to decrease the amount of air pollution. We can use the public transport or walk on our own feet to transport in quite short distance. It also can save the petroleum resource to avoid the scarcity of petroleum. There is the Car Free Day in Jakarta every Sunday. The people usually ride the bicycle in the main road which always fulfilled by the vehicle in the weekdays.

And the simplest way to do is plant the tree in our yard. We can plant the fruit-producing tree as the cover crops besides we can get the benefits from its fruit. Besides the tree fruit, we can plant the flowers or the ornamental plants. It can beautify our house and clean the air around our house, too.

The most important thing is we have a responsibility to keep and protect the earth for our next generation. Always do our best for better earth and certainly, better future