Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Jane Gilbert was relishing the mild temperatures and gentle breeze of early March as she hurried between ...

Jane Gilbert knows she doesn’t get the worst of the sticky heat and humidity that stifles Miami each summer. She lives in Morningside, a coastal suburb of historically preserved art deco and ...

Note: This is a companion piece to the feature story Too Damn Hot — And Getting Hotter: Dealing With Extreme Heat In 2021, Jane Gilbert was named the world’s first chief heat officer for Miami-Dade ...

Miami-Dade County now has an official “chief heat officer.” That may sound like a gimmick — we live in Florida, of course it’s hot — but it’s deadly serious, and climate change is making it worse. A ...

The task before Miami-Dade’s Interim Chief Heat Officer, Jane Gilbert, is enormous. As climate change continues apace, the number of days with excessive heat and humidity continues to soar, with ...