Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat stress because paved and densely built-up areas tend to store heat. More frequent and intense heat waves are a growing challenge for public health and urban ...

As record-high temperatures recently swept across several parts of the U.S. this summer, new data on heat risks forecast an “extreme heat belt” will emerge in large parts of the country by 2053. The ...

Heat pumps electrify your heating and cooling to be more efficient. New technology could solve one of their lingering problems. Bosch claims that its new IDS Ultra heat pump can work effectively even ...

A hot summer day might be uncomfortable in the Garden District but downright dangerous in Hollygrove and Central City. Preliminary results from a new heat mapping model show wide temperature variation ...