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And neither are sprawling desert cities like the metro Phoenix area.With new summer records being set nearly every year \u2014 2024 was the\u0026nbsp;warmest year on record for Phoenix \u2014 it has become increasingly urgent for cities to find ways to keep summers livable for millions\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-03-03T13:34:56-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/03\/2025-1:34pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"With new summer records being set nearly every year \u2014 2024 was the\u00a0warmest year on record for Phoenix \u2014 it has become increasingly urgent for cities to find ways to keep summers livable for millions of residents. There is no silver bullet; it will take a variety of approaches to keep people healthy and safe. Here are some of the tangible ways that ASU researchers are helping to create more livable tomorrows.","teaser":"The heat isn\u2019t going away. 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In pop culture, hot is sexy, hot is cool, hot is new\u2026\u201d\u0026nbsp;That excerpt was read by Jeff Goodell from his bestselling book, \u201cThe Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-11-21T13:52:25-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/21\/2024-1:52pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Jeff Goodell and Rob Gore\u00a0were the featured authors at this year\u2019s ASU\u00a0Social Cohesion Dialogue, which touched on societal issues such as health, the environmental crises, violence, vulnerability and community engagement. The sold-out event drew more than 220 people.","teaser":"\u201cThe difficulty of understanding the consequences of heat is amplified by conventional notions of what it means to be hot. 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Foundation Professor Lois Brown (left), director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, was the moderator for the event. 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The company is collaborating with ASU and the Salt River Project (SRP), a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-11-05T10:00:47-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/05\/2024-10:00am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Heat mitigation is a growing requirement for buildings in the desert Southwest. 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To\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-09-17T13:31:26-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/17\/2024-1:31pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"On the heels of another heat record-setting summer, the College of Health Solutions at ASU recently hosted its first-ever Student Research Challenge Pitch Fest with the goal to reduce the impact of heat on vulnerable and high-risk populations in Phoenix.","teaser":"By Kimberly Linn","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-09\/IMG_6244.JPG?itok=PutFQptC","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240917-health-and-medicine-student-group-wins-50000-firstofitskind-pitch-fest-college-health","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-09\/IMG_6244.JPG?itok=PutFQptC","image_alt":"Group of people pose with a large check.","image_caption":"From left: Jiaqian (Amber) Lee, Asiful Arefeen, Michael Yudell, Matthew Scotch, Shovito Barua Soumma, Chau (Reina) Nguyen and Saanya Aroura. 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The severity of the heat wave triggered a state of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-12-18T12:03:00-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/18\/2023-12:03pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"","teaser":"Extreme heat waves, once considered rare, are now frequent and severe in cities due to climate change.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20231101_downtownphoenixfromsouthmountain_024.jpg?itok=KLYPMmGx","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20231218-discoveries-asu-research-reveals-regions-us-where-heat-adaptation-and-mitigation-efforts","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Molecular Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"David Rozul","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"602-496-3673","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20231101_downtownphoenixfromsouthmountain_024.jpg?itok=KLYPMmGx","image_alt":"PHXfromS.Mountain","image_caption":"New ASU research, published in the January issue of Nature Cities, examines the potential benefits of combining heat adaptation strategies with mitigation strategies to lessen heat exposure across major U.S. cities, like Phoenix (as shown from South Mountain). It also identifies the regions in which these strategies could best benefit future populations. Photo by Samantha Chow\/Arizona State University","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Built Environment|Climate change|Heat|Environment|Sustainability|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community|Policymakers","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Environment and sustainability"}},{"node":{"nid":"98032","title":"New research explores future limits of survival, livability in extreme heat conditions","body":"Commonly associated with longer days and slower paces, this summer\u2019s record-smashing heat demonstrated a concerning future for our warmest season. From power outages endangering entire neighborhoods and heat-related deaths rising among some of Arizona\u2019s most vulnerable populations, the city of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-11-30T16:07:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/30\/2023-4:07pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Jennifer Vanos, associate professor in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, studies extreme heat and its health impacts. She is the lead author of a paper recently published in Nature Communications: \u201cA physiological approach for assessing human survivability and liveability to heat in a changing climate,\u201d which explores the temperatures at which humans can survive. ","teaser":"Commonly associated with longer days and slower paces, this summer\u2019s record-smashing heat demonstrated a concerning future for our warmest season.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/160707-personheat.jpg?itok=NVWOUtn-","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20231130-new-research-explores-future-limits-survival-and-livability-extreme-heat-conditions","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Media Relations and Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Katelyn Reinhart","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/160707-personheat.jpg?itok=NVWOUtn-","image_alt":"Person drinking water in the sun ","image_caption":"Photo by Arizona State University","related_story":"","news_units":"Knowledge Enterprise","interests":"Climate change|Heat|Biology|Environment|Science|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community|Policymakers","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being|SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"news","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"97861","title":"US experiencing climate change now, latest National Climate Assessment shows","body":"The White House on Tuesday released a comprehensive scientific analysis of the impacts of global climate change in the United States in its\u0026nbsp;Fifth National Climate Assessment\u0026nbsp;(NCA5).The report, contributed to by 12 faculty members from Arizona State University, is considered to be a highly\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-11-14T11:45:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/14\/2023-11:45am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A report released by the White House on the impacts of global climate change in the United States contains contributions from 12 ASU faculty members. The report shows that people across the U.S. are facing increasing climate-related risk, but it also demonstrates the nation\u0026#039;s progress in adapting to climate change impacts.","teaser":"The White House on Tuesday released a comprehensive scientific analysis of the impacts of global climate change in the United States in its\u0026nbsp;Fifth National Climate Assessment\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/ree_nancarrow-12002x.jpeg?itok=g7CkePTS","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20231114-discoveries-us-experiencing-climate-change-now-latest-national-climate-assessment-shows","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Sandy Keaton Leander","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-965-9865","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/ree_nancarrow-12002x.jpeg?itok=g7CkePTS","image_alt":"Artwork depicting climate change","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Public Affairs|School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning|School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment|Rob Walton College of Global Futures|School of Human Evolution and Social Change|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|Ira A. 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ANDI can mimic the thermal functions of the human body and has 35 different surface areas that are all individually controlled with temperature sensors, heat flux sensors and pores that bead sweat. His purpose? Measuring the effects of extreme heat on human health.","teaser":"Behind a 4-inch-thick metal door with a small glass window in the far northeast corner of Arizona State University\u2019s Tempe Campus lives ANDI, the world\u2019s first indoor-outdoor breathing, sweating and walking thermal manikin.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20230504manikinandwarmroomatthehumanbiometeorologylab_332-22-32.jpg?itok=KhZANUF7","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230525-solutions-meet-andi-worlds-first-outdoor-sweating-breathing-and-walking-manikin","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Molecular Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"David Rozul","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"602-496-3673","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20230504manikinandwarmroomatthehumanbiometeorologylab_332-22-32.jpg?itok=KhZANUF7","image_alt":"","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"ASU FIDM|School of Art|The GAME School|School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy|School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning|Rob Walton College of Global Futures|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|Ira A. 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We love to watch the weather, tweet about it and share the latest photos of it, but how much do we really understand what\u0026#039;s happening? To broaden our haboob-dotted horizons, we turned to Randy Cerveny, one of ASU\u0026#039;s weather experts, to walk us through four aspects of desert summer weather.","teaser":"The Arizona monsoon technically starts June 15 each year, but every desert dweller knows that it\u0027s July when the fireworks usually get going \u2014 and we\u0027re not talking the Uncle Sam variety.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/article_heros\/monsoon.jpg?itok=PWaK0gE5","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20180629-arizona-impact-asu-weather-randy-cerveny-summer-heat-monsoon","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Ken Fagan","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-2080","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/article_heros\/monsoon.jpg?itok=PWaK0gE5","image_alt":"A towering cloud of dust moves through a desert city","image_caption":"A haboob rolls through Casa Grande, Arizona. Photo by\u00a0Roxy Lopez [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0) or GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Heat|Environment|Science","audiences":"Faculty|Community|Students","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"featured_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"74358","title":"ASU aviation chair on why the heat might affect your flight plans","body":"Editor\u0027s note: This story is being highlighted in ASU Now\u0027s year in review. To read more top stories from 2017, click here.More than 40 flights in and out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport were canceled Tuesday afternoon because of record heat.Temperatures were expected to hit a record-\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222017-06-20T16:29:00-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/20\/2017-4:29pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"More than 40 flights in and out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport were canceled Tuesday afternoon because of record heat. Why can\u2019t some planes fly when it\u2019s scorching? ASU Now talked to Marc O\u2019Brien, chair of Arizona State University\u2019s aviation program, which trains pilots, drone operators, air traffic controllers and airport managers.","teaser":"Editor\u0027s note: This story is being highlighted in ASU Now\u0027s year in review.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/boston-airport-1449451.jpg?itok=DL-lAIpa","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20170620-solutions-asu-aviation-prof-heat-plane-takeoff","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Seckel","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4502","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Polytechnic campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/boston-airport-1449451.jpg?itok=DL-lAIpa","image_alt":"A plane takes off against the sunset","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"The Polytechnic School|Ira A. 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