by Data-Driven Lab | Dec 17, 2025 | Featured, Heat, Projects, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
The following blog was written by Sarah Berk, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Data-Driven EnviroLab. A key part of the project “Exploring Disparities and Solutions to U.S. Urban Heat Stress and Climate Justice” is recognising the importance of integrating...
by Nicholas Pell | Dec 9, 2025 | Featured, Heat, Press Release
A new peer-reviewed study led by Kaihui Song and colleagues presents the most detailed national assessment to date of how rising temperatures will intensify disparities in moist heat hazards across the United States by the end of the century. This interdisciplinary...
by Nicholas Pell | Oct 27, 2025 | Apps, Data, Data Visualization, Featured, Heat
From October 10 to 12, 2025, the Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) partnered with the UNC School of Data Science and Society (SDSS) to co-host a track at HackNC 2025, North Carolina’s largest hackathon. The event brought together over 500 students from schools in the region...
by Ella Feathers | Jun 25, 2024 | Featured, Heat, Remote Sensing
We are excited to share that we have begun installing sensors for our NASA-funded project to explore disparities and solutions to U.S. urban heat stress and climate justice. Our project uses satellite remote sensing data and a multi-modal modeling approach to...
by Ella Feathers | Feb 24, 2023 | Featured, Heat
This blog was written by Tuviere Onookome-Okome, a researcher at DDL and the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness. Trees are a vital part of any community. Benefits from trees include the ability to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the...
by Ella Feathers | Oct 21, 2022 | Featured, Heat
Image Credit: PBS North Carolina This week, PBS SciNC aired a segment on urban heat in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle, featuring commentary from DDL director Angel Hsu and findings from DDL’s participation in the Urban Heat Watch project completed last...
