Are some Houston neighborhoods hotter than others? A new mapping effort found a 14-degree difference
The H3AT coalition found communities to Houston's southwest like Gulfton, Alief, Sharpstown, Westwood, and Mid West faced the most heat stress.
Meetings Today10h
Houston’s Michelin-Recognized Food Scene Has Achieved Liftoff
Houston’s food scene got a major boost via the November unveiling of Michelin Guide Texas that included 31 Houston ...
Houston Public Media14d
Some Houston neighborhoods could be up to 14 degrees hotter than others, study finds
A new study by the Houston Advanced Research Center found that Alief, Gulfton and Sharpstown are among the hottest ...
Houston cools down after latest cold front. Here's where temps could drop into the 30s
Houston dealt with storms and high winds Tuesday as the latest cold front passed through. As cooler air settles in, some ...
KESQ News16d
2024 H3AT Mapping Campaign: Uncovering Houston’s Hottest Neighborhoods and the Urban Heat Challenge
For an in-depth look at neighborhood-specific temperature disparities, interactive heat maps and street-by-street temperature data are available at H3AT’s official website. Houston’s Urban ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN22h
Citizen Scientists Are Hitting the Streets of the Country’s Fastest-Warming Cities to Collect Detailed Temperature Data
The heat mapping of metros like Reno, Nevada, could be key to taming urban heat, saving lives and designing for a cooler ...
Where were enslaved Africans taken from? The answer could be hidden in their bones.
Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help ...
Community Impact12d
Katy ISD approves $2.66M contract to fill 30 bus routes
Even with the contract, the district struggles to fill vacancies for about 38 bus routes with growing student enrollment and ...
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Undermine Recovery in Black Disaster Zones
For two months, hundreds of workers have cleared smoldering, toxic ashes in Altadena, California, removing what remains of a ...
The Nation2d
How Atlanta Became a Walkable City
To me, Atlanta has long been the invisible city. Like anyone who flies with regularity (as I used to do pre-Covid), I’ve changed planes too many times at Hartsfield-Jackson airport. My joke about it ...