UMass Lowell

James B. Francis Lecture on the Built Environment: Urban Heat Islands

This year's annual James B. Francis Lecture will focus on "Red Hot Cities: The Environmental and Community Impact of Urban Heat Islands." Sept. 27, 5-6 p.m. ETIC Atrium, free and open to the public.
Talbot Spy

Talbot Co. GC to Focus on “Magic Hour Gardening” at October 28 Lecture

Talbot County Garden Club invites you to a free public lecture by Christopher Barrett Sheridan, “The Flower Sommelier.” ...
The Hechinger Report

Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning

As climate change drives up temperatures, kids are suffering in school buildings without air conditioning or being sent home early for ‘heat days’ It wasn’t even a week into the new school year, and ...
The Villanovan

Zero Carbon Electricity: The Key to the Clean Energy Transition

On Thursday, Oct. 2, Dr. Karl Hausker of the Word Resources Institute gave a presentation at Villanova University concerning ...
CNN

A potent heat dome is building over the US, sending temperatures into the triple digits

The hottest temperatures of the year so far will soon reach the eastern half of the United States as a brutal heat dome continues to build. Tens of millions of people from the Midwest to the East ...