The climate crisis has found a home in the Jewel Streets. This small community of 300 New Yorkers, more commonly known as the Hole, straddles the Brooklyn/Queens Border, four miles from Kennedy ...

A new study investigated the combined effect of temperature and humidity on urban heat stress using observational data and an urban climate model calculation. Researchers found that the heat stress ...

More than half of the global population and about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities — and faces higher heat risks. The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the ...

Researchers at the Urban Health Collaborative are studying the ways climate change affects urban communities, both locally and globally. Our work in this area is supported by multiple agencies, and we ...

With the world projected to be highly urbanized by 2050, cities are encouraged to take urgent climate actions to mitigate and adapt to the threats of climate change. As climate change intensifies and ...

People run by a row of Ash trees in a Chicago park, which have been treated with insecticide to keep them alive on June 29, 2016. (TNS) — From Seattle to Palm Beach, Florida, city leaders agree that ...

Lecturer and Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez is employed by Western Sydney University and received funding from the Which ...

Forests are among the most complex yet vital ecosystems on Earth. They regulate climate, support biodiversity, and sustain human communities. With the growing realities of climate change and ...

This section outlines climate- and equity-focused coursework, experiential learning, and student funding opportunities offered throughout Drexel University, with a specific focus on the Dornsife ...

The Climate Shift Index (CSI), Climate Central’s daily temperature attribution system, applies the latest peer-reviewed methodology to map the influence of climate change on temperatures across the ...