{"id":14007,"date":"2022-04-21T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?p=14007"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:29:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:29:56","slug":"on-demand-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2022\/04\/21\/on-demand-extreme-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme heat\u2014What\u2019s the problem and why should I care? An Earth Day Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l95Ih3P_jo8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Across the globe, heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense due to continued climate change. Researchers across Boston University are working to better understand the impacts of extreme heat on our health and wellbeing, and what we as individuals and communities can do about it. <\/p>\n<p>In celebration of Earth Day, Boston University&#8217;s \u201cReal Life Justice League\u201d of BU professors and climate change superheroes working in energy, green space, community, cities, and public health come together for a dynamic conversation on how the world is warming, what it means for public health, and solutions on the horizon.<\/p>\n<h3>Moderator<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Greg Wellenius<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Professor of Environmental Health, BU School of Public Health<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Speakers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Katharine Lusk<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Co-Director &#038; Founding Executive Director, BU Initiative on Cities<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucy Hutyra<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Professor of Earth &#038; Environment, BU College of Arts &#038; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ian Sue Wing<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Professor of Earth &#038; Environment, BU College of Arts &#038; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Madeleine Scammell<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Associate Professor of Environmental Health, BU School of Public Health<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU Professors and climate experts come together to discuss the impacts of climate change, and solutions for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20583,"featured_media":14011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1,390],"tags":[703,1079,153],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2022\/04\/earth-800x600.png","agg_excerpt":"BU Professors and climate experts come together to discuss the impacts of climate change, and solutions for the future.","agg_title":"Extreme heat\u2014The problem & why you should care","media_icon":"webinar-icon","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20583"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14007"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14104,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14007\/revisions\/14104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}