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What is the urban heat island effect?

In a warmer climate, this phenomenon can make our cities dangerously hot

by Nabig Chaudhry

Extremes Heat
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Adaptation Extremes Heat Insurance Maps Markets Risk Tipping points

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Sierra Chapin-Keller Nabig Chaudhry Spencer Glendon Carolyn Kousky Barney Schauble Alison Smart Probable Futures team Charlotte Venner
Latest
Explainers
What is the urban heat island effect?

In a warmer climate, this phenomenon can make our cities dangerously hot

by Nabig Chaudhry

Extremes Heat
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Mapping heat and humidity risk in Miami, Florida

How to use the Probable Futures map of days above 28°C wet-bulb

by Charlotte Venner

Heat Maps Risk
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What is the Hothouse Earth trajectory?

Here’s what we do and don’t know about this possible warming trajectory

by Charlotte Venner

Heat Tipping points
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What is wet-bulb temperature?

This measure helps us understand how hot is too hot for the human body

by Charlotte Venner

Extremes Heat Risk
Seasonal essays

September 22, 2020, 9:30 am ET

Equinox greetings: the history of global temperatures

by Spencer Glendon

Heat
Seasonal essays

June 20, 2020, 5:43 pm ET

Solstice greetings: the future of “just right”

by Spencer Glendon

Extremes Heat Risk