Our July newsletter is now available featuring rural heat planning, heat resilience news coverage, and important upcoming events. Subscribe to the newsletter by visiting heat.arizona.edu. ☀️ #extremeheat #heatresilience Read it now, here: view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=IQ...

📢 Heat impacts all communities, not just large cities. In our new American Planning Association PAS Memo, we explain the need for rural heat resilience and outline actionable principles and strategies for rural communities and small towns. www.planning.org/pub... #extremeheat #heatresilience

New Planning magazine article where we draw lessons from the Shade Phoenix Plan for 6 tools to prioritize shade planning, led by Shaylynn Trego, with co-authors David Hondula and Sara Meerow! www.planning.org/pla... #shade #extremeheat #heatresilience #urbanplanning

Phoenix’s First-of-its-Kind Plan Shows Shade is More Than Just Trees Now

Six ways planners can combine vegetative and built shade to improve comfort and safety on the ground.

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Our June newsletter is now available featuring an updated El Niño forecast, news on the Western Europe heatwave, and important upcoming events. Subscribe to the newsletter by visiting heat.arizona.edu. ☀️ #extremeheat #heatresilience Read it now, here: view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=5L...

Busy day today as we took our new MaRTy cart out for its first trial run to better understand the microclimates of the @uarizona.bsky.social main campus to identify hotspots and cool refuges. #extremeheat #heatresilience #universityofarizona #beardown

#HeatActionDay is a global day of awareness and action on extreme heat — an increasingly frequent, intense, and deadly threat. We're highlighting the recently published Building Heat Resilient Communities Toolkit. Read more about the exciting new tool here: innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/2026/05/21/n...

New toolkit helps communities prepare for heat | UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

New toolkit helps communities prepare for heat

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Our May newsletter is now available featuring a new heat resilience toolkit, promotions and graduations, and exciting upcoming events. Subscribe to the newsletter by visiting heat.arizona.edu. ☀️ #extremeheat #heatresilience Read it now, here: view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=KS...

This week is Heat Awareness Week in AZ, and our heatshed moment is now! Ladd Keith and Sara Meerow say we are living through a “heatshed” moment, a critical turning point in which we must rapidly address heat to protect health and livelihoods worldwide. Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Commentary: Our “heatshed” moment is now

We are living through a “heatshed” moment, a critical turning point in which heat must be rapidly addressed to protect health and livelihoods worldwide. The year 2024 was the hottest on record sinc...

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📢 This is our “heatshed” moment. Check out my new commentary with @sarameerow.bsky.social in the Journal of Urban Affairs' special issue on Extreme Heat in Cities. doi.org/10.1080/0735... #extremeheat #heatresilience #heatplanning #heatgovernance #climatechange

Our April newsletter is now available featuring heat season preparedness activities, new awards, media coverage, and exciting upcoming events. Subscribe to the newsletter by visiting heat.arizona.edu. ☀️ #extremeheat #heatresilience Read the newsletter here: view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=6J...

Have time this morning at 10 AM? Join our wonderful partners, the Arizona Dept. of Health Services for the Arizona Heat Kickoff Event! Heat Season is here. ☀️ Event via Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Heat monitoring continues with the high temperatures here in the Southwest. Below are thermal photographs that visualize heat in our environment. 1 ) student thoroughfare on campus, 2) the Underwood Garden at CAPLA. 3) lot near the Underwood Garden. Find heat safety resources here: lnkd.in/gwJsC-_t

We've kept our eye on surface temperatures during this mid-March heat wave over the Western US. ☀️ These temps were taken around our work place, homes, and along our commutes in Tucson and Albuquerque. The UofA's media advisory for the heat season is out early, just like the heat! lnkd.in/gYw5etvw

Our March newsletter is now available, featuring the launch of our new project, information about the upcoming Western US heatwave, and exciting upcoming events. Subscribe to the newsletter by visiting heat.arizona.edu. ☀️ #extremeheat #heatresilience view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=FZ...

Our February newsletter is now available, featuring the 3rd SoAZ Heat Summit, introducing our RISE Intern Ryan Green, and exciting upcoming events. Subscribe to the newsletter by visiting heat.arizona.edu. ☀️ #extremeheat #heatresilience Read the newsletter: view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=EF...

The 3rd Annual Southern Arizona Heat Summit was a smashing success. We were proud to participate and will continue working with the City to capture the impact of this event. A huge thank you to everyone who attended, contributed, and worked hard to make this possible.☀️ lnkd.in/gTwWVVdh

Our January newsletter is out now, featuring our heat resilience resources, and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=SP... #heatresilience #extremeheat

Our first event of the year is an APA Sustainability Webinar, featuring our Director, @laddkeith.com. Listen in on Friday, January 16th, from 11:00 - 12:30 PM. Learn why planners are uniquely positioned to lead heat resilience and adaptation efforts. Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Our December newsletter is out now, featuring our yearly impact recap, and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=9a775ebdd... #heatresilience #extremeheat

Holiday lunch with (most of) my @uarizona.bsky.social @heatresilience.bsky.social research team today! ☃️❄️🎄 #uarizona

Our November newsletter is out now, featuring SW-IFL's Heat Mappers Program and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=a6e0f4add... #heatresilience #extremeheat

Check out the new @uarizona.bsky.social feature on the climate research we're doing across the state's three universities and with our students through the SW-IFL to help make Arizona more resilient. news.arizona.edu/news/how-u-s... #climatechange #extremeheat #heatresilience

How U of A students braved the summer sun to help communities become heat resilient

More than 150 students across all three state universities have been involved in a Department of Energy program to help communities understand and respond to extreme heat. Their work, researchers said...

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Our October newsletter is out now, featuring PCDH's Hotwash event and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter directly here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=993e3e1db... #heatresilience #extremeheat

Our September newsletter is out now, with info SW-IFL's All Hands meeting and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter directly here 🌇 : view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=b37a46883... #heatresilience #extremeheat

AUG2025 @CLIMAS_UA SW Climate Outlook: Temperature & Precipitation, Drought, AZ & NM Reservoirs, ENSO Tracker, Seasonal Forecasts, Wildfire, Public Health Corner, SW Climate Podcast, #SWclimate #AZWx #NMWx : arcg.is/0vaXva1

August 2025: Southwest Climate Outlook

The Southwest Climate Outlook is published by the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), with support from University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, and the New Mexico State Climate office....

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Our August newsletter is out now, with info on a strategic planning meeting by global heat experts and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter directly here 🌇 : view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=7581edf0e...

@laddkeith.com, director of UA’s Heat Resilience Initiative within the Arizona Institute for Resilience, has been appointed to Governor Katie Hobbs’s Workplace Heat Safety Task Force. “We are taking action to protect Arizonans from heat risk in the workplace,” said Hobbs. Read more: lnkd.in/gxTewxQi

The latest Arizona Institute for Resilience's Heat Resilience Initiative newsletter is out, with info on an extreme heat roundtable held by @captmarkkelly.bsky.social and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe now at heat.arizona.edu ☀️ #extremeheat

The latest Arizona Institute for Resilience's Heat Resilience Initiative newsletter is now out, with info on @uarizona.bsky.social's Big Idea Challenge winners and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe now at heat.arizona.edu ☀️ #heatresilience #extremeheat

We are headed for some high temps across Arizona, so here are some quick heat safety tips from our partners at the National Weather Service Tucson Office! 🏠Stay indoors with AC 🥤Stay hydrated 🚗🚫🧑‍🤝‍🧑Never leave children, pets, or anyone in the car 🥵Know the signs of heat stroke and call 911!