July 2016 archives
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July 27, 2016 by Saif Choudhury, AdaptNY
Hot Blast from NYC’s Past – A History of City’s Heat Waves
UPDATED: This week’s heat wave in New York, which brought the city five consecutive days of 90 degree+ temperatures from July 21-25, may have felt like it would never end. In fact, it didn’t even make the city’s top 30 longest heat waves. It fell a full week short of the record 12-day heat wave […]Archives
July 21, 2016 by AdaptNY
Case Study: Deadly Chicago Heat Wave of 1995
A case study outlines how a 1995 Chicago heat wave took hundreds of live, with the extreme weather exacerbated by socio-economic factors and poor city planning.Archives
July 12, 2016 by Kathleen Culliton
AdaptNY Project Featured on WNYC Talk Show
Harlem Heat Project partners stopped by at WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show on July 8, to discuss the initiative and to stress that extreme heat is not just an inconvenience, but serious public health issue that will be worsened by climate change.Archives
July 12, 2016 by Kathleen Culliton
Harlem Heat Project Puts Sensors in Field
The Harlem Heat Project placed its first batch of its heat index sensors in the field on Saturday, when journalists, scientists and Harlem residents serving as citizen scientists gathered at the headquarters of the project’s community partner WE ACT to share insights about the problems of urban heat, and to receive training on how to use the DIY sensors.Archives
July 6, 2016 by By Matthew Schuerman, WNYC
How Hot Is Harlem This Summer?
This summer, AdaptNY, WNYC and its partners are measuring heat and humidity in un-air-conditioned apartments in Upper Manhattan. It's not about the weather. It's about public health.Archives
July 5, 2016 by By AdaptNY