Honored to be selected as a National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science (FoS) Fellow and serve as an introductory speaker for the heat and human health panel during next week's FoS Symposium!

https://news.arizona.edu/news/u-heat-policy-experts-present-annual-frontiers-science-symposium

#extremeheat #heathealth #heatresilience #NAS #FrontiersofScience

University of Southern California: USC and L.A. Metro announce winners of the inaugural Shade Zone Design Competition. “Created by USC Associate Professor of Architecture Bhavna Sharma and supported by USC Dornsife Public Exchange, the USC School of Architecture and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), the inaugural competition focused on temporary, modular […]

The heat suffocates, the fires rage – even by Australian standards, this summer is brutal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/19/australia-heatwave-bushfires-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels #Environment #AustraliaNews #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeHeat #Bushfires #Wildlife #ExtremeWeather

The unbearable experience of walking in a heatwave from the future – video https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2026/feb/20/the-unbearable-experience-of-walking-in-a-heatwave-from-the-future-video #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis #Sydney #AustraliaNews

New story out on our 3rd Southern Arizona Heat Summit: "There's not any other city in the United States that's doing a continual heat summit like this with the range of partners that we have, so I think that's something to be really proud of. That said, of course, we still have a lot more work to do which is why we're all here." https://news.arizona.edu/news/southern-arizona-heat-summit-highlights-youth-voices-while-helping-tucson-prepare-extreme-heat #extremeheat #heatresilience #heathealth #climatechange

Our new paper out in STOTEN finds that prenatal exposure to extreme heat is associated with autism risk in children, with sensitive weeks in early and late pregnancy.

#heat #extremeheat #environment #extremeweather #health

Prenatal exposure to extreme heat and autism in children
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0048-9697(26)00030-6

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/point-of-no-return-hothouse-earth-global-heating-climate-tipping-points #ClimateCrisis #Environment #SeaLevel #Glaciers #ExtremeHeat

New co-authored paper out, where we find heat-related emergency medical service activations increased 65% from 2019 to 2024 across the U.S. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844697?guestAccessKey=65fc7f79-6a23-4c7b-a069-e3f3532a9ff2&utm_source=jps&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author_alert-jamanetwork&utm_content=author-author_engagement&utm_term=1m #heathealth #extremeheat #heatresilience

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/05/flawed-economic-models-mean-climate-crisis-could-crash-global-economy-experts-warn #GreenEconomy #ClimateCrisis #EconomicPolicy #Economics #ExtremeWeather #EconomicRecovery #GreenhouseGasEmissions #ExtremeHeat #UniversityOfExeter #Research #WorldNews #Environment

More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/05/flying-foxes-january-heatwaves-kill-thousands #Environment #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis #Animals #AustraliaNews #SouthAustralia #Victoria

Rising Temperatures Are Taking a Toll on Sleep Health

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-heat-sleep-apnea/

Day and night, there’s no relief: five ways this heatwave is one of Australia’s worst on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/day-and-night-theres-no-relief-five-ways-this-heatwave-is-one-of-australias-worst-on-record #Environment #AustraliaNews #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeHeat #ExtremeWeather

Day and night, there’s no relief: five ways this heatwave is one of Australia’s worst on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/day-and-night-theres-no-relief-five-ways-this-heatwave-is-one-of-australias-worst-on-record #Environment #AustraliaNews #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeHeat #ExtremeWeather

Day and night, there’s no relief: five ways this heatwave is one of Australia’s worst on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/day-and-night-theres-no-relief-five-ways-this-heatwave-is-one-of-australias-worst-on-record #Environment #AustraliaNews #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeHeat #ExtremeWeather

Yikes! #Australia swelters in a record #HeatWave as temperatures near 50 C

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY
Updated 7:24 AM EST, January 27, 2026

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — "Parts of Australia sweltered in record temperatures of close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday as the country sweated through a prolonged heat wave.

[...]

"On Monday, parts of #NewSouthWales and #SouthAustralia states hit record temperatures, some exceeding records set during a destructive summer of forest fires in 2019."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/melbourne-heat-wave-temperature-australian-open-victoria-d679bdde6aced8a7aca522da79280c9b

#ExtremeHeat #ClimateChange #AustraliaWx #ExtremeWx #RecordHeat

World Not Ready For Rise In #ExtremeHeat
Nearly 3.8B people to face extreme heat by #2050 while tropical countries will bear brunt cooler regions will also need to adapt. Even a moderate increase in hotter days could have a "severe impact" in nations not used to such conditions. They found "that the population experiencing extreme heat conditions is projected to nearly double" by 2050 if global average temperatures rise 2C above preindustrial times
https://www.barrons.com/news/world-not-ready-for-rise-in-extreme-heat-scientists-say-7e1c9a16
#climate #climatechange

Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/26/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-heat-to-double-by-2050-if-2c-rise-occurs-study-finds #ExtremeHeat #Environment #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #WorldNews #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasEmissions #Energy

Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/26/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-heat-to-double-by-2050-if-2c-rise-occurs-study-finds #ExtremeHeat #Environment #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #WorldNews #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasEmissions #Energy

41c at 11:30am here in #Adelaide I wouldn't be surprised if it tops around 50c by 3pm..

Remember to thank good ol' Peter 'Santos' Malinauskas the Fossil Fuel Flunky at the March election by placing your BOOT firmly up his arse on his way out 👍

#Weather #ExtremeHeat #ClimateChange

#Zillow removed #climateriskscores. This #climate expert is restoring them.
Neil Matouka, who previously managed the development and launch of California’s Fifth #ClimateChange Assessment, is developing a proof of concept plugin that provides climate data to Californians in place of what Zillow has removed. When a user views a California Zillow listing, the plugin automatically displays data on #wildfire and #flood risk, #sealevelrise, and #extremeheat exposure.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/zillow-removed-climate-risk-scores-this-climate-expert-is-restoring-them/