Search
Search
Participating agencies:   ASPR   |  CDC   |  EPA   |  FEMA   |  NIOSH   |  NOAA   |  OSHA   |  SAMHSA   

NIHHIS News

SuperUser Account
/ Categories: Portal News

Ten cities will conduct Urban Heat Island mapping

Follow along as cities plan their campaigns, recruit and train community groups and citizen science volunteers, map temperatures across their cities, and use their maps to take action to build resilience to extreme heat.

Organizing and running a successful campaign requires completion of a series of steps and sub-steps. Watch progress and be aware of next steps with this weekly dashboard.

 
Print
1183

x
CPO highlights 2016 milestones and achievements 16 May 2017

CPO highlights 2016 milestones and achievements

CPO is releasing its 2016 Annual Report, which gives an overview of FY16 achievements and highlights the great work done by CPO Divisions and Programs to advance scientific understanding of climate and improve society's ability to plan and respond.

Report: First Regional NIHHIS Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Workshop in El Paso, TX 28 February 2017

Report: First Regional NIHHIS Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Workshop in El Paso, TX

An executive summary of the National Integrated Heat Health Information System workshop in July, 2016 outlines outcomes and recommendations for different aspects of heat health resilience in the El Paso-Juárez-Las Cruces Region.

How are heat waves over Yangtze River valley associated with atmospheric quasi-biweekly oscillation? 21 February 2017

How are heat waves over Yangtze River valley associated with atmospheric quasi-biweekly oscillation?

A recently published study on mechanisms for predicting heat waves in China is an important contribution to the field of extreme heat, a well known public health issue for the entire globe.

Bracing for Heat in Minnesota - New case study published on the Climate Resilience Toolkit 19 August 2016

Bracing for Heat in Minnesota - New case study published on the Climate Resilience Toolkit

Heat waves bring some level of discomfort to nearly everyone. When excessive heat catches vulnerable populations off guard, though, discomfort can advance to illness and even death. Learn about strategies that help protect people in both rural and urban settings.

Heat waves bring some level of discomfort to nearly everyone. When excessive heat catches vulnerable populations off guard, though, discomfort can advance to illness and even death. Learn about strategies that help protect people in both rural and urban settings.
How to weather this week's heat wave 21 July 2016

How to weather this week's heat wave

Chicagoans try to beat the summer heat. Dawn Rhodes, Contact Reporter, Chicago Tribune

Everyone from health officials to utilities companies are offering advice on how to weather the heat wave the end of this week.
RSS
First78910111213141516

Events

«June 2021»
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
31123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
2829301234
567891011

 


 

NIHHIS is made possible by our participating agencies.

ASPR


CDC


EPA

FEMA


NIOSH


NOAA

OSHA


SAMHSA

 

NIHHIS Headquarters

Address: 1315 East-West Hwy, Suite 1100
Silver Spring, MD 20910

About Us

NIHHIS is an integrated information system that builds understanding of the problem of extreme heat, defines demand for climate services that enhance societal resilience, develops science-based products and services from a sustained climate science research program, and improves capacity, communication, and societal understanding of the problem in order to reduce morbidity and mortality due to extreme heat.  NIHHIS is a jointly developed system by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Back To Top