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Green Spaces Are Key to Combating Record Heat in Marginalized Communities, opens in new tab

Associated Press (2025)

Houston METRO Tests Updated Bus Shelter Design to Combat Extreme Heat, opens in new tab

KHOU 11 News Houston (2025)

What Increasing Heat Does to Our Bodies, opens in new tab

Axios (2025)

How to Stay Safe During a Heat Wave, opens in new tab

Everyday Health (2025)

Why a Fan Can’t Always Cool You Down, and Other Unexpected Challenges in Heat Waves, opens in new tab

Inside Climate News (2025)

Houston Heat Is Bad but One Common Bus Stop Feature May Make It Worse, opens in new tab

KHOU 11 News Houston (2025)

Hello Houston (May 6, 2025), opens in new tab

Houston Public Media (2025)

How KABOOM! Is Keeping Playspaces Cool Despite Extreme Heat, opens in new tab

Next City (2024)

More Than Causing Wardrobe Confusion, Houston Temperature Swings Could Set You Up to Get Sick, opens in new tab

Houston Chronicle (2024)

Growing Up in America: The Way It Is, opens in new tab

Children at Risk (2024)

The Disaster No Major U.S. City Is Prepared for, opens in new tab

The Washington Post (2024)

Despite Record Heat-Related Deaths, Experts Say There's Likely Even More, opens in new tab

ABC 13 Investigates (2024)

Inside Vs. Outside: Which Workout Is Best?, opens in new tab

Verywell Health (2024)

Air Quality Report Finds Three Landfills Make Up Nearly All Methane Emissions in Harris County, opens in new tab

Houston Landing (2024)

Working in the Heat After Beryl Can Take a Physical and Mental Toll, opens in new tab

Houston Public Media (2024)

Families Working to Stay Safe in the Heat While They Wait for Power, opens in new tab

ABC13/KTRK-TV Houston (2024)

No Power? Can't Leave Your Home? Here Are Ways to Make It Through the Heat After Hurricane Beryl., opens in new tab

ABC13 Houston (2024)

Beat the Heat, opens in new tab

Spectrum News’ In Focus (2024)

Growing Up in America: The Way It Is, opens in new tab

Children at Risk (2024)

Teens’ Mental Health May Improve When They Help Others, opens in new tab

Scientific American (2024)

Rural America Lags Cities in Helping People Beat the Heat, opens in new tab

The New York Times (2024)

Massive Heat Wave Coming for USA. It’s What Officials Have Been Dreading, but Preparing for., opens in new tab

USA Today (2024)

This Morning Weekend with Victor Blackwell and Amara Walker, opens in new tab

CNN (2024)

Massive Heat Wave Heading for USA Next Week. Cities Have Been Preparing for This., opens in new tab

USA Today (2024)

Humidity Doesn’t Just Make You Feel Gross. It Can Harm Your Health, Too, opens in new tab

Verywell Health (2024)

Debate It! Should Kids Have to Volunteer?, opens in new tab

Scholastic News (2024)

Dove Springs Residents Left Out in the Heat, opens in new tab

Austin Vida (2023)

Hot Stops—How Houston Bus Stops Get Dangerously Hot. Episode 2: A Science Experiment, opens in new tab

Houston Public Media (2023)

Dove Springs Residents Stranded on Heat Island, opens in new tab

Austin PBS (2023)

This Summer’s Extreme Heat Could Keep Impacting Houstonians Long into the Winter, opens in new tab

Houston Landing (2023)

“It’s Like a Sweatbox:” Houston Bus Stops Reach Dangerous Temperatures This Summer, opens in new tab

Houston Public Media (2023)

Are Heat Days the New Snow Days? Schools Are Canceling Class as Temperatures Soar, opens in new tab

CNN (2023)

13 Investigates: Couple 'Miserable' as Heat Index Reaches 109 Inside Their Home, opens in new tab

ABC13/KTRK-TV Houston (2023)

Why East Austin Suffers More from This Extreme Heat Than Other Neighborhoods, opens in new tab

KUT 90.5 Austin’s NPR Station (2023)

How One Map Tells the Story of Houston’s Heat Inequity Across Vulnerable Communities, opens in new tab

Houston Landing (2023)

Fighting for Breaks on Multiple Fronts, opens in new tab

Texas Observer (2023)

Do Austin's New Bus Shelters Cut It in the Texas Heat?, opens in new tab

KUT 90.5 Austin’s NPR Station (2023)

Yasmin Vossoughian Reports, opens in new tab

MSNBC (2023)

Too Hot to Handle: What the World's Increasing Heat Does to Our Bodies, opens in new tab

Axios (2023)

This Texas Heat Is Killing Us, opens in new tab

Texas Monthly (2023)

New Study: Hot Days Impact Kids’ Activity Levels and Health, opens in new tab

Early Learning Nation (2023)

Helping Others as Volunteers Helps Kids ‘Flourish’: Study, opens in new tab

U.S. News & World Report (2023)

Volunteering May Boost Kids' Well-Being, Study Says, opens in new tab

Time Magazine (2023)

The Early Heat Wave Gripping the Northwest Is Rare — and Worrying , opens in new tab

The Washington Post (2023)

Extreme Heat Impacts Student Learning, opens in new tab

Scripps National News (2022)

Cap Metro Pitches in as Mobile Cooling Center, opens in new tab

Austin Chronicle (2022)

Cities May Need to Be Redesigned for Extreme Heat, opens in new tab

Axios (2022)

It’s Hot Outside – and That’s Bad News for Children’s Health, opens in new tab

Kaiser Health News (2022)

Growing Cities Under Increased Threat from Climate Change, opens in new tab

The Hill (2021)

Degrees of Injustice: The Social Inequity of Urban Heat Islands, opens in new tab

Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast

Northern California Public Media (2021)

Urban Heat Islands Disproportionately Affect Communities of Color, opens in new tab

Texas Standard (2021)

How Cities Can Help Protect Transit Riders from Extreme Heat, opens in new tab

The Seattle Times (2021)

University Partners with City of Austin to Study How Green Spaces in School Yards Impact Children’s Health, opens in new tab

The Daily Texan (2019)