The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a first-of-its-kind online tool to help emergency and public health planners prepare for and respond to extreme heat events. The Heat & Health Tracker provides timely, user-friendly, local-level heat and health data and information.

Detroit Urban Heat Island mapping campaign lead Jordan Larson is interviewed by local NPR affiliate.

Like preparing for climate change, being adaptive is essential for a successful community heat-mapping campaign. We offer the following advice on five of the most common scenarios that can occur during a Heat Watch campaigns.

This summer, citizen scientists will map hot spots, known as “urban heat islands,” in 13 cities across the country to help communities identify areas where they can take action to protect people from heat stress.

Through a peer-review process, NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) selected thirteen community partners in cities across the U.S. to receive funding support to perform a community science urban heat island (UHI) mapping campaign this summer.