Lead: Daniel Blanco

Counselor: Bob Kopp

MACH-affiliated researcher Daniel Blanco examines the global impacts of extreme heat, with a focus on how rising temperatures threaten communities in cities around the world. To better understand these risks, Blanco uses Camden, New Jersey and the Philadelphia region as a model for studying the urban heat island effect, revealing how localized heat stress can pose dangers as significant as, or even greater than, other climate-related threats such as extreme flooding.