New Partnership Takes Aim at Extreme Heat in Atlanta

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UrbanHeatATL is using community-driven science to map urban heat islands in Atlanta to better understand how extreme heat impacts Atlanta’s most vulnerable residents. During a kickoff panel hosted by the Atlanta Science Festival, experts noted the strong links between extreme heat and historic racism, including redlining, that place low-income communities of color at disproportionate risk. 

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College of Sciences, EAS, Global Change Program, Serve-Learn-Sustain

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Community, Education, Student and Faculty, Student Research, Research, Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics, City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth, Environment, Life Sciences and Biology
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  • Created By: sperrin6
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Apr 12, 2021 - 10:38am
  • Last Updated: Apr 12, 2021 - 12:59pm