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    • Neither Ice Blocks Nor Cooling Centers Protect New Yorkers Entirely from Heat Risks
    • As Temperatures Climb, the Elderly, Frail and Poor Are Put at Risk
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September 16, 2016 by A. Adam Glenn

VIDEO: Huff Post Covers Harlem Heat Project

The web news video show Huffington Post Rise recently profiled AdaptNY's Harlem Heat Project in a two-and-a-half-minute video that features an interviews with participants from our community-based partner in the project.
Posted in About AdaptNY, Harlem Heat · Tagged climate change, Harlem, health, heat, heatwaves, Manhattan, resilience ·

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September 8, 2016 by By Julia Longoria, WNYC News

Neither Ice Blocks Nor Cooling Centers Protect New Yorkers Entirely from Heat Risks

New York City tackles extreme heat today through long- and short-term strategies. But some of its initiatives are poorly executed or stuck in the planning stages. An estimated 140 people still die every year due to heat.
Posted in Extreme Weather, Harlem Heat · Tagged Adaptation, air-conditioning, Bill de Blasio, climate change, disaster preparedness, Harlem, heat, heatwaves, Manhattan, resilience ·

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August 31, 2016 by A. Adam Glenn

UPDATED: Voices of Harlem Heat Project

(UPDATED SEPT. 12) As AdaptNY’s Harlem Heat Project evolves, we’re not just gathering indoor heat data from residents there. We’re also inviting our community collaborators to share their heat-related stories. With the help of our project partner ISeeChange, the citizens of Harlem can offer their insights and observations as the summer season brings heat, and occasional […]
Posted in Extreme Weather, Harlem Heat · Tagged Adaptation, climate change, Harlem, health, heat, heatwaves, Manhattan, resilience ·

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August 18, 2016 by By Saif Choudhury

Meet the Heat: How Hot Weather Harms Health for NYC Residents

Facts about how New Yorkers experience the heat and its effects.
Posted in Extreme Weather, Harlem Heat · Tagged climate change, Harlem, health, heat, heatwaves, resilience ·

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August 17, 2016 by Saif Choudhury

Heat Waves by the Dozen

While New York’s temperate climate may not conjure up the image of a sweltering desert, the city has seen numerous stretches of scorching temperatures almost every year since 2001 - often three or four heat waves annually and sometimes as many as half a dozen.
Posted in Extreme Weather, Harlem Heat · Tagged climate change, Harlem, heat, heatwaves ·

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August 1, 2016 by AdaptNY

CURATION: NYC Heat Wave Recap

A recap of the July 2016 New York City heat wave, lasting five days.
Posted in Adaptation News, Extreme Weather, Harlem Heat · Tagged barriers, climate change, Harlem, health, heat, heatwaves, infrastructure, resilience ·

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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 […]
Posted in Extreme Weather, Harlem Heat · Tagged climate change, health, heat, heatwaves ·

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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.
Posted in About AdaptNY, Harlem Heat · Tagged climate change, disaster preparedness, Harlem, health, heat, heatwaves, iseechange, resilience, WNYC ·

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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.
Posted in Harlem Heat · Tagged AdaptNY, climate change, Harlem, health, heat, heat stress, heatwaves, Manhattan, resilience ·

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July 5, 2016 by By AdaptNY

‘Harlem Heat Project’ Enlists Citizen Scientists in Sensor Data News Project to Tackle Heat Wave Health Risks

AdaptNY has added an important new partner - WNYC Radio - to the roster for its Harlem Heat project, launched in May. Here's more about the latest development, and new details about the project itself.
Posted in Harlem Heat · Tagged Adaptation, AdaptNY, climate change, disaster preparedness, Harlem, health, heat, Manhattan, resilience ·
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