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Climate change is making the whole city hotter—but rising temps may put some Atlantans in more danger than others
Extreme heat is the deadliest consequence of climate change. In Atlanta, scholars, students, and citizen scientists are seeking to understand how bad it could get—and who will be most affected.
By Sam Worley, Atlanta Magazine
Read moreExtreme heat is the deadliest consequence of climate change. In Atlanta, scholars, students, and citizen scientists are seeking to understand how bad it could get—and who will be most affected.
By Sam Worley, Atlanta Magazine
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TCCHS AP Environmental Science students participate in research projectSource: Times-Enterprise
Published Feb 8, 2022
To track inequality in cities, measure the heatSource: Experience Magazine
Published Dec 8, 2021
‘Hotlanta’ is even more sweltering in these neighborhoods due to a racist 20th-century policySource: CNN
Published Sep 19, 2021
Extreme heat hits some Georgia neighborhoods harder than othersSource: NPR
Published Sep 7, 2021
Volunteers drive all over Atlanta to study the city’s heatSource: WABE
Published Sep 4, 2021
SLS UrbanHeatATL summer interns host community conversationSource: Serve-Learn-Sustain
Published Aug 23, 2021
UrbanHeatATL is mapping Atlanta’s temperatures to help those in danger of the heatSource: WABE
Published Aug 17, 2021
A hotter future is certain, climate panel warns. But how hot is up to us.Source: New York Times
Published Aug 9, 2021
Climate change is making the whole city hotter—but rising temps may put some Atlantans in more danger than othersSource: Atlanta Magazine
Published Jul 29, 2021
Feel the heat: students track impact of extreme heat in Atlanta neighborhoodsSource: 11Alive
Published Jul 23, 2021
Savannah goes from hot to hotter as climate warmsSource: Savannah Now
Published Jul 20, 2021
Project underway to determine heat impact in AtlantaSource: AccuWeather
Published Jul 14, 2021
Georgia Tech is mapping urban heat islands in Atlanta with PocketLabsSource: PocketLab
Published Apr 30, 2021
NOAA and communities to map heat inequities in 11 statesSource: NOAA
Published Apr 14, 2021
New partnership takes aim at extreme heat in AtlantaSource: Global Change Program
Published Apr 12, 2021
Heat waves hit low-income communities hardest
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