As extreme heat worsens, cities are exploring ways to reach isolated individuals before it’s too late.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. It could even be the hottest month in human history. And it’s just one in a chain of broken heat records.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
When temperatures are extreme, the accuracy of a weather forecast can be the difference between life and death. New research shows that even small errors in temperature predictions — as little as one degree Celsius — lead to more deaths, and that improving forecasts would save thousands of lives and billions of dollars annually.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
An 80-plus-degree day is not sizzling by Phoenix standards. It wasn’t even high enough to trigger an official heat warning for the wider public. But research has shown that those temperatures, coming so early in June, would drive up the number of heat-related hospital visits and deaths across the Boston region.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Outdoor workers express anger and fear of potential repercussions after governor rescinds mandatory breaks amid extreme heat.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The punishing heatwaves that have scorched much of the U.S. could result in a record number of heat-related deaths this year, experts have warned, amid a spike in hospitalizations from collapsing workers.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
A huge wildfire burning out of control in California’s Mojave national preserve is spreading rapidly amid erratic winds. The York fire erupted on Friday near the remote Caruthers Canyon area of the wildland preserve. It crossed the state line into Nevada on Sunday, and sent smoke further east into the Las Vegas Valley.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures across the U.S. and leaving dozens dead, the poorest Americans suffer the hottest days with the fewest defenses. Air conditioning, once a luxury, is now a matter of survival.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) and other parts of the country grappled Sunday with record temperatures after a week that saw significant portions of the U.S. population subject to extreme heat.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Residents of Camp Hope in Las Cruces are more equipped to deal with the staggering heat than people living on streets, but residents and staff stress that it’s no substitute for housing.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.