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About Us

We are a transdisciplinary team based out of Boston University

with partners at Dialogue Earth, A Better City, and Iseechange, experienced in community-engaged climate and health research and communications, data and maps for decisions, and multi-city partnerships.

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Latest Impact

See our latest about extreme heat and health.

From our latest articles and research translation to collaborative multi-media projects and stories, see all of our impact here.

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November 21, 2025
The health impact of humid heat demands attention

Global temperatures are surging but heat’s complexity and social aspects are being overlooked, argue two academics.

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November 21, 2025
Climate shelters aim to save lives during urban heatwaves

From Barcelona to Boston, via Buenos Aires and Rosario, increasingly intense summers are forcing cities to create spaces to cool down. How successful have they been?

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November 21, 2025
Street vendors are struggling with rising temperatures

Leaders and scientists are seeking solutions to the health and income problems that extreme heat causes for Global South food stall traders

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November 21, 2025
Why heat warnings need to get more local

As cities are warming in very uneven ways, experts say heat warnings need to become more granular to save lives.

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November 21, 2025
Trees are natural ACs for cities, if you plant the right ones

Urban trees are on the rise but researchers are only starting to uncover the best way to cool cities with them

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November 21, 2025
Cooling Argentina's overheating schools

Experts hope urban redesign projects can solve a climate crisis in classrooms that left 30 million students in Latin America without teaching last year

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November 21, 2025
Too hot to learn: Why school heat is a growing problem

As heatwaves become more common around the world, researchers are racing to understand how best to cool classrooms

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November 21, 2025
Q&A: ‘We don’t need to have people die from heat’

Eleni Myrivili talks to Dialogue Earth about how chief heat officers are helping cities stay cool and city dwellers stay healthy

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