Extreme urban heat is one of the deadliest and most costly urban risks, threatening jobs, infrastructure, and health, especially in cities of the Global South. By 2050, the number of urban poor ...

In urban environments, heat gets absorbed and released by the pavement, buildings and other objects. A new study says that an underestimated factor in urban warming is heat radiating from parked cars.

‘Everyone deserves a safe place to sleep at night that is not detrimental to their health,” Professor Lara Dugas, the co-principal investigator in the University of Cape Town’s Heat Adaptation ...

As temperatures soar into the 90s across South Florida, certain neighborhoods are feeling the heat even more, literally. Known as urban heat islands, these densely built areas filled with concrete, ...

Texas endures hundreds of deaths annually from heat-related illness. Certain communities are more prone to excessive heat due ...