Urban Heat Islands Face Rising Temperatures This Summer and Beyond
The average summer temperatures in “urban heat islands” will continue to rise due to greenhouse emissions and La Niña weather patterns.
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Do We Notice Extreme Heat When It’s Not In Our Backyard?
Climbing temperatures, heat warnings and advisories, and active wildfires across the U.S. start summer off on a sweltering start.
Beat the Heat: Strategies for Dangerous Heatwaves
In New York, extreme heat claims 350 lives each year, and the risk to African Americans is twice as high as the risk to white New Yorkers.
Heat Wave: Is This Scorcher ‘The New Normal’ for New Jersey?
We end the week with one of the hottest days of summer and amid an official heatwave, which means three consecutive days when temperatures reach 90 degrees and above. Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories are in place across the…