urban heat island

outside digital thermometer in California reading 123 degrees.

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July 15, 2024

Ripe for Disaster Declarations: Heat, Wildfire Smoke…and Death Data

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Students on their way to plant trees surrounding Manual Arts High School in South Los Angeles hold up their shovels as they walk down a sidewalk.

March 13, 2024

Growing Shade Equity, One Tree at a Time

UCS Science Network

A shirtless kid who looks to be about 10 or 12 years old stands near a small puddle of water that clearly used to be a lake or river, with dry cracked earth all around it. It looks very hot and dry where he is.

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July 17, 2023

Unrelenting Heat Requires Accountability and Action

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

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August 17, 2021

Ask a Scientist: How Can We Cool Off Urban Heat Islands and Protect the Most Vulnerable?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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May 6, 2020

Hot Weather and COVID-19: Added Threats of Reopening States in Summer

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Photo: Barry M. Goldwater Historic Photograph Collection (FP FPC 1, Box 8, Folder 1. Historic Photographs, Places: Canals and Irrigation. 1890-1901. Arizona Collection, Arizona State University

April 22, 2019

Climate Justice Requires Prioritization of The Poor and Vulnerable

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library

September 14, 2016

Cleveland Can Beat the Heat by Planting Trees—But Don't Forget Environmental Justice

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability