The Purdue visualization technique simplifies points on a map into boundaries with various segment widths, making spatial distributions of a large number of objects in different groups or over time ...

Extreme heat has a way of exposing society’s vulnerabilities. And as extreme heat events become more frequent in the U.S., data shows that the poorest Americans will be most at risk. People living in ...

If heat and humidity cross a certain extreme threshold—a “wet bulb” temperature of 35 degrees Celsius—the human body can’t survive long outside. It’s a scenario that some researchers had predicted ...