Publication: Spectrum News 1

UCLA Expert: Diane Garcia-Gonzales: Youth Initiative Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Finance and Administrative Coordinator, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s heat mapping tool wants to visualize and understand geographically how extreme heat impacts different communities.

UCLA News: Garcia-Gonzales explains that hospitals are strained on extreme heat days and emergency rooms county wide are seeing an excess of 1,500 patients on heat-related causes alone.

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