extreme heat
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Two leaders tell us how to beat the heat — on a systemic scale
Sonal Jessel and Julia Kumari Drapkin on finding comprehensive, equitable solutions in this new era of sweltering summers.
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Why do some neighborhoods get hotter than others?
Keep yourself (and the planet) cool with these lessons on extreme heat.
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Rising temperatures pose ‘extreme danger’ to Muslims on Hajj pilgrimage
A new study finds extreme heat along the traditional holy route to Mecca will pose major health risks in the future.
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The climate change ‘tipping point’ has already arrived for these 70 U.S. counties
It’s not your imagination: your city may be getting hotter faster than the rest of the U.S.
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Here’s how hot your hometown will feel by midcentury
Without climate action, up to a quarter of the U.S. could feel hotter than 127 F at least one day a year.
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Climate action could avert hundreds of heat-related deaths in these 15 U.S. cities
You might want to pay attention, Miami.
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Get ready for more back-to-back heat waves, study says
Thanks to climate change, new heat waves are arriving before communities have recovered from the last one.
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New York’s hottest neighborhoods are taking on climate change’s deadliest threat
Extreme heat kills more than a hundred New Yorkers yearly. Here's how the city's tackling the problem in a warming world.
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Extreme heat is exhausting and expensive
Broiling-hot summer days could cost global economies $2 trillion by 2030.