PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There’s a new Portland metro project focused on keeping people safe from unhealthy and sometimes deadly heat. Officials now have a heat mapping tool to help them make decisions ...

A massive tri-county heat mapping project has confirmed that summer temperatures vary widely across the metro region – with the hottest temperatures experienced by people living in suburban areas near ...

Climate change, driven primarily by burning fossil fuels, pushed temperatures so high last year that scientists were astounded when 2023 became the hottest year on record. Communities like Oklahoma ...

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