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Elevated temperatures from heat island effect, particularly during the summer, have all of the following impacts on a community’s environment and quality of life except:
  1. Increased energy consumption
  2. Increased light pollution
  3. Impaired water quality
  4. Elevated emissions of air pollutants
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Answer - B - Increased light pollution is not one of the impacts of heat island effect. Heat island effect is the formation of an “island” of higher temperatures in the landscape, which increases energy consumption due to an increase in electricity demand for cooling, elevated emissions of air pollutants through the higher usage of fossil fuel power plants to meet the cooling demands, and impaired water quality due to the heated water temperature affecting all aspects of aquatic life.
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