When a heat wave settles over a city, the difference between a sweltering afternoon and a bearable one can come down to a single row of mature trees casting shade across a stretch of sidewalk. Yet ...

U.S. communities can apply until Jan. 17, 2025, for financial and technical support to collect local heat data next year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday. CCHM ...

Cities trying to cool sweltering streets often set broad tree canopy targets. But those targets can overlook the reality that ...

April 16 (UPI) --This summer, the federal government and scientists will team up to map the hottest neighborhoods in 14 U.S. communities to determine heat inequities and provide cooling relief. The ...

Climate change, driven primarily by burning fossil fuels, pushed temperatures so high last year that scientists were astounded when 2023 became the hottest year on record. Communities like Oklahoma ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The city of Reno, Nevada, is breaking records in ways it doesn’t like: A 2024 analysis of 241 cities showed that Reno has heated ...

Step outside on a July evening in one part of town and the air feels thick and heavy long after sunset. Drive fifteen minutes to a leafier neighborhood, and the same night feels almost mild by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atlanta used Cool Cities Lab data to develop a new cool roof ordinance that requires all new and replacement roofs to use ...

A new San Diego heat mapping tool is revealing risks in places residents might least expect – including coastal neighborhoods that stay dangerously warm overnight despite cooler daytime temperatures.

Intrepid street vendor Lauro Ilario drives a golf cart across the Phoenix asphalt for several hours a day selling cold drinks, snow cones and snacks to people he finds walking the streets. But Phoenix ...