Bahrain’s afforestation push to expand green spaces is already lowering urban heat, with satellite data showing a strong link between vegetation and cooler ground temperatures, according to a new study by the Bahrain Space Agency (BSA).
This is among the key findings of the ‘Temporal Analysis: Difference In Temperature Before and After Afforestation Plan Using Satellite Imagery’ study conducted by BSA space data analyst Suad Khalifa and presented at the 2025 International Conference on Machine Intelligence for GeoAnalytics and Remote Sensing (MIGARS) .
