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Heat Risk Surveillance

Today, extreme temperatures constitute the greatest weather-related health risk to the urban populations of US cities – a risk that is steadily rising over time. Despite this risk, most cities measure temperatures at only a handful of locations, most often relying on a nearby airport to represent heat exposures across the entire city. The Urban Climate Lab has constructed dense climate monitoring networks in Atlanta and New Orleans to better understand how heat risk varies within cities and to support heat risk surveillance at the neighborhood level. Daily temperature data for a large network of sensors across the Georgia Tech campus and midtown Atlanta can be downloaded from our Data + Resources page.

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Stone's book,The City and the Coming Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live (Cambridge University Press), is available from Amazon.

Stone's book, The City and the Coming Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live (Cambridge University Press), is available from Amazon.

Recent News

Georgians without air conditioning endure dangerous heat

How tech can help paint a clearer picture of extreme heat in Atlanta – WABE

Facing a sizzling summer, large parts of the U.S. risk blackouts, government agency warns - CBS News

UCL Presentation to Georgia Municipal Association

UCL study featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Yang's Georgia Tech studio applies new analytics to reduce flood risk, increase resiliency in Tokyo

Mallen interviewed on Dense City podcast episode, "Lights Out: Climate Change and Infrastructure Risk

Hot Summer Nights Get Hotter, and More Dangerous - New York Times

NYT Article: Biden Administration to Draft Rules on Workplace Heat Dangers

Everything Under the Sun Podcast, "Blackouts are increasing due to severe weather"

Wirecutter Article: Why I Douse My Whole Body With Cold Water Every Night

Atlanta's heat wave and blackout risk in Atlanta Magazine

UCL work featured in the New York Times

UCL work featured in the Wall Street Journal

Heat hits people of color the hardest -- Washington Post

Mallen interviewed for story on "heat officer" position in Miami

Radio Ecoshock Podcast featuring UCL work on heat waves and blackouts

Stone interviewed for CBS story on heat waves and blackouts

Extreme heat risks may be widely underestimated

UCL study featured in New York Times

Stone on the Daily Show: Arizona in the Grip of Climate Change

Stone interviewed for New York Magazine story on adaptation

UCL study featured in the Atlantic

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