As climate change fuels more days of extreme heat every year, American cities are becoming increasingly familiar with the urban heat island effect. Heat islands are areas that experience increased air ...

PORTSMOUTH — Environmental group leaders are working with Portsmouth residents to help solve the city’s urban heat problem, including by mapping the city’s hot spots, planting hundreds of new trees ...

There is a growing amount of evidence to suggest that heat waves are the deadliest weather event, according to one Utah science teacher who is heading up a local heat-mapping campaign. Rob Wilson said ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An ambitious project starts Saturday, aimed at learning more about which neighborhoods in the Portland metro feel the most harmful effects of rising temperatures. One hundred ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — It's been a scorching hot summer across the DMV. Some areas naturally get hotter than others due to where they are located. Other areas have man-made influences that cause ...

Scientists are mapping urban heat to save lives in overheated cities. Extreme heat doesn’t leave visible damage, but it’s one of the deadliest climate threats, especially in cities, where concrete ...

At 3 p.m., New York City is typically approaching its hottest time of the day. The city’s been steeping in late-afternoon sun for hours, heat building up between the densely packed buildings and ...

An area of unincorporated Gwinnett County near Norcross is among 18 global communities selected to take part this summer in a program to map areas of extreme heat, the leading cause of weather-related ...

Finley Gleason, 15, sat patiently in the passenger seat of Patricia and Tom Gleason’s black Subaru on July 30, heading to his first science study aimed at addressing a public health problem. He didn’t ...

Scientists have built the most detailed 3D models yet of temperatures deep beneath Greenland. The results reveal uneven heat ...

OKLAHOMC CITY — With the extreme heat we will see across the metro Saturday, volunteers will be spending the day helping to create a heat map of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City is 621 square miles and ...