Human and geographic dimensions of heat risk: progress, challenges, and opportunities

Olga V. Wilhelmi; Mary H. Hayden; Peter D. Howe; Jennifer K. Vanos; Sara Meerow; Dana Habeeb; V. Kelly Turner; Cenlin He; Ulrike Passe; Tian Yao; Rodrigo Leal; Rajesh Kumar; Benjamin Crawford; Kevin Lanza; Alamin Molla; Andrew J. Newman; Amanda L. Laverty; Jean Claude Iradukunda; Carly Frank; Tammie Visintainer

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ae5fb2

Human and geographic dimensions of heat risk: progress, challenges, and opportunities

Olga V. Wilhelmi
, Mary H. Hayden
, Peter D. Howe
, Jennifer K. Vanos
, Sara Meerow
, Dana Habeeb
, V. Kelly Turner
, Cenlin He
, Ulrike Passe
, Tian Yao
, Rodrigo Leal
, Rajesh Kumar
, Benjamin Crawford
, Kevin Lanza
, Alamin Molla
, Andrew J. Newman
, Amanda L. Laverty
, Jean Claude Iradukunda
, Carly Frank
, Tammie Visintainer

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Original language	English
Journal	Environmental Research Letters
Volume	21
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae5fb2
State	Published - May 2026

Keywords

convergence
geographic dimension
heat
human dimension
risk

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Wilhelmi, O. V., Hayden, M. H., Howe, P. D., Vanos, J. K., Meerow, S., Habeeb, D., Turner, V. K., He, C., Passe, U., Yao, T., Leal, R., Kumar, R., Crawford, B., Lanza, K., Molla, A., Newman, A. J., Laverty, A. L., Iradukunda, J. C., Frank, C., & Visintainer, T. (2026). Human and geographic dimensions of heat risk: progress, challenges, and opportunities. Environmental Research Letters, 21(9). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae5fb2

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