We’re Measuring Extreme Heat Better Than Ever. The Human Toll Still Goes Underreported (opens in new tab)

In the fall of 2025, The Washington Post reported on a nursery worker in Florida who began experiencing headaches and nausea under extreme heat and eventually collapsed while working. Shortly after, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its summer 2026 outlook, projecting that large parts of the United States would experience above-normal temperatures. Both are stories about extreme heat, [...]