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University of Southern California: USC and L.A. Metro announce winners of the inaugural Shade Zone Design Competition. “Created by USC Associate Professor of Architecture Bhavna Sharma and supported by USC Dornsife Public Exchange, the USC School of Architecture and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), the inaugural competition focused on temporary, modular […]

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University of Southern California: USC and L.A. Metro announce winners of the inaugural Shade Zone Design Competition

University of Southern California: USC and L.A. Metro announce winners of the inaugural Shade Zone Design Competition. “Created by USC Associate Professor of Architecture Bhavna Sharma and su…

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Climate crisis | The Guardian Feb 20

The heat suffocates, the fires rage – even by Australian standards, this summer is brutal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/19/australia-heatwave-bushfires-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels #Environment #AustraliaNews #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeHeat #Bushfires #Wildlife #ExtremeWeather

The heat suffocates, the fires rage – even by Australian standards, this summer is brutal

In this week’s newsletter: The south-east of the country is suffering through the worst heatwave since 2019’s ‘black summer’, while the government continues to back fossil fuel projects

The Guardian

Climate crisis | The Guardian Feb 19

The unbearable experience of walking in a heatwave from the future – video https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2026/feb/20/the-unbearable-experience-of-walking-in-a-heatwave-from-the-future-video #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis #Sydney #AustraliaNews

The unbearable experience of walking in a heatwave of the future – video

Graham Readfearn stepped into a climate chamber to experience what effects the heatwaves of the future will have on the human body

The Guardian

Ladd Keith Feb 18

New story out on our 3rd Southern Arizona Heat Summit: "There's not any other city in the United States that's doing a continual heat summit like this with the range of partners that we have, so I think that's something to be really proud of. That said, of course, we still have a lot more work to do which is why we're all here." https://news.arizona.edu/news/southern-arizona-heat-summit-highlights-youth-voices-while-helping-tucson-prepare-extreme-heat #extremeheat #heatresilience #heathealth #climatechange

Southern Arizona Heat Summit highlights youth voices while helping Tucson prepare for extreme heat

The Southern Arizona Heat Planning Summit helps officials prepare for and protect vulnerable citizens during increasing extreme heat events and has led to an international reputation for excellence in heat planning and preparedness.

University of Arizona News

Nathan Pavlovic Feb 12

Our new paper out in STOTEN finds that prenatal exposure to extreme heat is associated with autism risk in children, with sensitive weeks in early and late pregnancy.

#heat #extremeheat #environment #extremeweather #health

Prenatal exposure to extreme heat and autism in children
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0048-9697(26)00030-6

Climate crisis | The Guardian Feb 11

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/point-of-no-return-hothouse-earth-global-heating-climate-tipping-points #ClimateCrisis #Environment #SeaLevel #Glaciers #ExtremeHeat

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

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Ladd Keith Feb 9

New co-authored paper out, where we find heat-related emergency medical service activations increased 65% from 2019 to 2024 across the U.S. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844697?guestAccessKey=65fc7f79-6a23-4c7b-a069-e3f3532a9ff2&utm_source=jps&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author_alert-jamanetwork&utm_content=author-author_engagement&utm_term=1m #heathealth #extremeheat #heatresilience

Trends and Disparities in Heat-Related Emergency Medical Services Activations

This study compares US sociodemographic and geographic trends in heat-related and non–heat-related emergency medical services (EMS) activations from 2019 to 2024.