This project funded by the Rutgers Climate & Health Research Incubator will assess how extreme heat events impact human and natural community health across the urbanized mosaic of New Jersey. Our specific objectives include:

Collecting new environmental, public health, and urban ecosystem data sets that inform understanding of heat impacts on urban communities.

Quantifying the spatial and temporal variability and scales at which human and natural communities experience chronic urban heat and extreme heat events.

Assessing the efficacy of greenspaces and green-gray infrastructure in mitigating extreme heat exposures on human and natural communities in cities.