Lethal Heat: It’s Getting Harder To Avoid The Lethality Of Extreme Heat Days
April 15, 2026
Although we’re only a few months into 2026, this year is already shaping up to be historic when it comes to weather patterns and climate change. For the past three years, heat records have been broken with historic warming trends. 2026 is expected to be no different, and to date,…
Coming In Hot: It’s Already Time To Protect Yourself From Extreme Heat
June 25, 2025
It wasn’t very long ago that we highlighted some recent research about the perils of extreme heat, including the rise in deaths attributable to extreme heat among older adults (extreme heat is the #1 weather-related killer in the US), the connection to accelerated biological aging, and the special vulnerability of…
Cold Weather Walking: Prep Yourself For Staying Outside
October 20, 2021
If there’s been any sort of silver lining to the COVID pandemic, it may be what writer Samhita Mukhopadhyay calls “the walking revolution” that’s gripped the country over the last 18 months. According to Mukhopadhyay, a recent survey conducted by Rockport shoes found that 53% of US adults are walking…
Hot Air: Extreme Heat Waves Are A Threat To Health And Well-Being
July 14, 2021
It’s not a heat-induced mirage: Temperatures are rising everywhere as records are being broken for day and night time highs across the country. Five of the hottest years ever recorded globally have been since 2015 and last year was the hottest year ever recorded for the northern hemisphere. Specifically in…
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