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Beat the heat: how do we do it?

New recommendations for preventing heat-related illness during extreme summer weather have been drawn up in a collaborative report from the University of Washington Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) and the Climate Impacts Group (CIG). 

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NW drinking water concerns could get worse as the climate changes 

Thunderstorms high in the Cascades recently stirred up a lot of dirt in a central Washington river, causing problems for people on its banks. All the dirt in the Naches River was too much for the City of Yakima’s water treatment plant to handle. Desert cities and towns could see situations like this happen more often as the climate continues to change. Climate Impacts Group research is referenced.  

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Lessons learned from the Pacific Northwest’s 2021 Heat Dome

Two years after the deadliest weather-related disaster in Washington state history, public officials are taking stock. A new report from two groups of researchers at the University of Washington looks back at that event and provides strategies to prevent heat deaths and suffering in the future. Dr. Jason Vogel is quoted.  

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Opinion: How we can better protect all residents during WA’s next heat wave

Drs. Jason Vogel and Jeremy Hess write about the recent report, “In the Hot Seat: Saving Lives from Extreme Heat in Washington State,” for the Seattle Times. “We clearly need to prepare for extreme heat going forward. If we do not take the lessons of 2021 to heart, the consequences will be predictable and devastating. We have been warned.”  

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Saving lives in heat waves

Two years after the deadly Pacific Northwest heat dome, new research findings from the UW, Gonzaga, the state department of health and the state climatologist’s office offers ways to prevent loss of life in future excessive heat waves. 

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Preparing for future extreme heat events 

Two years after the deadliest weather-related event in Washington state history, a report from the UW offers both short-term and long-term ways to prepare for extreme heat in the future. Jason Vogel, interim director of the UW Climate Impacts Group, is interviewed. 

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New report, tool suggest how Washington can better protect against extreme heat

Two years following the 2021 heat dome, a collaborative effort led by two University of Washington teams, the Climate Impacts Group and the Center for Health and the Global Environment, or CHanGE, has drawn up recommendations for how people and groups across the state could prevent future heat-related illness and save lives. The Climate Impacts Group’s latest report on extreme heat in Washington State is referenced. Dr. Jason Vogel is quoted.  

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What can be learned from the Pacific Northwest’s 2021 heat wave

A new report reveals strategies to prevent the hundreds of deaths tied to the prolonged heat wave that hit the Pacific Northwest for several weeks in late June and July 2021, leading to a widespread public health emergency that strained the state’s emergency and healthcare systems. The Climate Impacts Group’s latest report on extreme heat in Washington State is referenced. 

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Can Seattle take the heat? Officials say area is better prepared this summer

Emergency officials say the Seattle area is better prepared for extreme temperatures this summer than it was before the Northwest’s deadly heat dome of 2021. But making the region thoroughly heat-proof could take many years, and climate activists say government is not moving with the urgency that a climate crisis deserves. The Climate Impacts Group’s latest report on extreme heat in Washington State is referenced.  

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Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave

The heat dome that descended upon the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021 met a population radically unprepared for it. Dr. Jason Vogel, Climate Impacts Group, and Dr. Brian Henning, Gonzaga University, co-authored this article for the Conversation. The Climate Impacts Group’s latest report on extreme heat in Washington State is referenced. This story was also run in the Lake County News, Kiowa County Press, Times Union, Fast Company, the Everett Daily Herald and the Daily News.  

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