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Beating the heat: Milwaukee to join cities across the nation in measuring heat island effect

Beating the heat: Milwaukee to join cities across the nation in measuring heat island effect

John Davis, WPR, May 9th, 2022

This piece on Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) discusses extreme heat events in Milwaukee. This summer the Wisconsin DNR is leading a NOAA funding campaign to map heat in Milwaukee using a method that involves enlisting volunteers to drive traverses across the city collecting data points at three times on a hot summer day. The data is hoped to provide detailed insight into places that are most exposed to heat. Groundwork’s Outreach and Organizing Director Jess Haven talks about the issue and the mapping campaign in the context of the Climate Safe Neighborhoods initiative. View article.