Temperature

The higher temperatures associated with synthetic turf fields may not contribute significantly to climate change, but they do contribute to player fatigue, possibly resulting in more player injuries.  When a field is not being used for sports in the summer, it's nice to relax on nice, cool, green grass.  Laying back on a warm synthetic field just wouldn't be as nice at all.

 

 

 

 

 

Surface Temperature of Synthetic Turf

http://plantscience.psu.edu/research/centers/ssrc/documents/temperature.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References and More Information

 

Turf Temp

http://turf.uark.edu/turfhelp/archives/021109.html

 

From the Field: Synthetic turf and human health – What does the research say?http://usafootball.com/artificial-surface-turf/field-synthetic-turf-and-human-health-%E2%80%93-what-does-research-say