Media

Television Appearances

• Bock, Holly. “National Weather Service no longer translating emergency warnings.” AZFamily. April 8, 2025.
• Fink, Eric. “Climate experts, community leaders gather at UA for Heat Summit.” KVOA News 4. February 1, 2025.
• Celaya, Eddie. “Partnership between national lab and UA tracks extreme heat at neighborhood level.” KGUN9 News. July 2, 2024.
• Macaluso, John. “Lab trucks collect climate data in Tucson.”  KOLD News 13. July 2, 2024.
• Smith, Craig. “UArizona to help cities cope with extreme heat.” KGUN9 News. May 29, 2024.
• Jackson, Zachary. “University of Arizona research to tackle extreme heat challenges.” KVOA News 4. May 22, 2024.
• Miranda, Emilee. “University of Arizona helping with new center for extreme heat.” KOLD 13 News. May 21, 2024.
• Torres, Jorge. “New center relies on Arizona universities to help communities with extreme heat.” ABC15 Arizona. May 20, 2024.
• Smith, Craig. “Heat maps help plan cooling efforts.” KGUN9 News. September 11, 2023.
• Walker, Amara. “CNN This Morning Weekends.” CNN. August 27, 2023.
• Miranda, Emilee. “July 2023 was the hottest month on record: how climate change is playing a role.” KOLD News 13. August 14, 2023.
• Bundock, Sally. “Extreme heat around the world.” BBC News. July 19, 2023.
• Jackson, Shelle. “Tucson focuses on heat resiliency.” KVOA News 4. October 16, 2022.
• Ramirez, Jasmine. “Tucson pushes toward climate action goal.” KOLD News 13. February 17, 2022.
• Devera, Jobeth. “Will More Cities Hire a Chief Heat Officer?” NBC LX. November 24, 2021.
• Quinn, Destiny. “Protecting yourself during extreme heat.” KVOA News 4. July 1, 2021.
• Ramirez, Jasmine. “MONSOON 2021: Hiking in heat can have deadly repercussions in southern Arizona.” KOLD News 13. June 14, 2021.

Radio Appearances

• Borunda, Alejandra. “The White House took down the nation’s top climate report. You can still find it here.” NPR, All Things Considered. July 1, 2025.
• Mendoza, Katya. “Arizona takes lead as OSHA opens hearings on federal heat rule.” Arizona Public Media. June 17, 2025.
• Tesfaye, Eva. “Trump administration cuts to DEI even affect nationwide effort to plant trees.” NPR, Morning Edition. March 14, 2025.
• Chang, Jonathan and Meghna Chakrabarti. “Is extreme heat an extreme disaster?” NPR, On Point. September 9, 2024.
• Borunda, Alejandra. “The devastating heat wave in 2003 was a wake-up call for Europeans.” NPR, All Things Considered. August 14, 2024.
• Ackerly, Ed and Sixto Molina. “How communities manage extreme heat.” KVOI 1030 AM The Voice, Jump in Tucson. May 27, 2024.
• Perkins, Tony. “New research center focuses on hot weather planning.” Arizona Public Media. May 21, 2024.
• Perkins, Tony. “Hot weather brings annual housing concerns to Arizona.” Arizona Public Media. April 29, 2024.
• Kirsten, Dorman. “Extreme Heat Emergency Act has bipartisan support, but Congress still hasn’t acted.” KJZZ. August 16, 2023.
• Buckmaster, Bill. “How cities are battling extreme heat.” KVOI 1030 AM The Voice, Buckmaster Show. August 1, 2023.
• Davis, Angela. “Extreme heat is becoming more common. What are cities doing about it?” Minnesota Public Radio News, MPR News with Angela Davis. July 28, 2022.
• Simpson, Mike and Charles Feldman. “Are LA and other cities prepared for longer and hotter heat waves?” KNX News, In Depth. June 20, 2022.
• Conover, Christopher. “Summer heat arrives.” Arizona Public Media – The Buzz. June 10, 2022.
• Brodie, Mark. “City planners have tools to deal with heat. A new survey finds many may not be using them.” KJZZ’s The Show. February 4, 2022.
• Staletovich, Jenny. “South Florida is getting hotter. But planners say there’s a data gap in finding solutions.” WLRN’s The Daily. November 10, 2021.
• Brodie, Mark. “’No Safe Place On The Planet From Heat’: Extreme Heat Is Becoming National Issue.” KJZZ’s The Show. September 9, 2021.
• Maher, Savannah. “EPA Publishes Climate Change Report For First Time Since 2016.” KUNM/The Mountain West News Bureau. May 14, 2021.
• Brocious, Ariana. “The risks of severe heat.” Arizona Public Media, The Buzz. September 4, 2020.
• Reznick, Alisa and Nick O’Gara. “’Feels like the end of the world’: Tucson grapples with record heat during pandemic.” Arizona Public Media. September 3, 2020.
• Brodie, Mark. “Report: Extreme Heat Is A Problem Nationwide, Not Just In Desert Cities.” KJZZ’s The Show. September 5, 2019.
• Brodie, Mark. “Urban Planners Looking to Standardize Heat Maps.” KJZZ’s The Show. April 5, 2019.

Podcasts

• Sarkissian, Jessica. “It’s Hot in Here!” Upfront Planning Podcast. July 3, 2025.
• Parsons, Doug. “Climate Adaptation Predictions for 2025: What the Experts Say.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. January 13, 2025.
• Parsons, Doug. “The Center for Heat Resilient Communities gets a NOAA Grant with Dr. Kelly Turner and Dr. Ladd Keith.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. June 3, 2024.
• Reiter, Duke and James Lawler. “Local Experts Answer: Why Are People Still Moving to Phoenix?” Ten Across Conversations. February 16, 2024.
• Parsons, Doug. “Climate Change and Extreme Heat End of Summer Episode with Dr. Kelly Turner and Dr. Ladd Keith.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. September 11, 2023.
• Tolbert, Leslie. “Episode 357: Investigating methods for heat management in Arizona.” Arizona Public Media, Arizona Science. March 3, 2023.
• Manuzak, Stephanie. “Front-line health care workers need protection from heat, researcher says.” Yale Climate Connections. October 4, 2022.
• Parsons, Doug. “‘Planning for Urban Heat Resilience’ with Dr. Ladd Keith and Dr. Sara Meerow.”  America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. May 9, 2022.
• Murphy-Darling, Gina. “It is Getting Hot in Here – Building Resilience to Address Extreme Heat.” Mrs. Green’s World. March 7, 2022.
• LeRoy, Sarah. “Extreme Heat & Urban Planning.” Come Rain or Shine Podcast. September 1, 2021.
• Parsons, Doug. “Extreme Heat in the News, Naming Heat Waves, Thermal Equity and more with Dr. Ladd Keith.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. July 5, 2021.
• Parsons, Doug. “The 2020 Climate Year in Review Episode.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. December 30, 2020.
• Dougherty, Anne. “A Discussion on Redlining and Urban Heat.” Current: An Energy Podcast. September 25, 2020.
• Ford, Jon. “Heat, Health, and COVID-19.” The Vitalyst Spark Podcast. June 30, 2020.
• Parsons, Doug. “Fundamentals of Extreme Heat and Climate Change with Dr. Ladd Keith of University of Arizona.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. January 12, 2020.
• Parsons, Doug. “End-of-the-Year Holiday Special.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. December 14, 2018.

Interviews and Coverage

• Smith, Carl. “Despite More Extreme Heat, Phoenix Reduced Heat-Related Deaths.” Governing. July 15, 2025.
• Ruffner, Brent. “Maricopa County offers AC help for some residents.” Daily Independent. July 8, 2025.
• Shah, Simmone. “What’s At Stake This Summer As Trump Targets Heat and Climate Experts.” TIME. June 16, 2025.
• Wittenberg, Ariel. “Inside Trump’s purge of federal heat experts.” E&E News by Politico. June 9, 2025.
• Simon, Matt. “Funding to protect American cities from extreme heat just evaporated.” Grist. June 4, 2025.
• James, Ian and Hayley Smith. “‘It’s a huge loss’: Trump administration dismisses scientists preparing climate report.” Los Angeles Times. April 29, 2025.
• Plumer, Brad. “Trump Administration Cuts Funding and Staff for Flagship Climate Report.” The New York Times. April 9, 2025.
• Antoniou, Luke. “The year-round challenge of addressing urban heat impacts.” SmartCitiesWorld. December 12, 2024.
• Elbein, Saul. “Climate change reshapes cities, both environmentally and financially.” The Hill. October 25, 2024.
• Smith, Carl. “Still Too Damn Hot — 2024 is Another One for the Record Books.” Governing. July 26, 2024.
• Zhong, Raymond and Mira Rojanasakul. “We Mapped Heat in 3 U.S. Cities. Some Sidewalks Were Over 130 Degrees.” The New York Times. July 17, 2024.
• Davis, Tony. “Buildings, pavement make Tucson 7 degrees hotter.” Arizona Daily Star. July 13, 2024.
• Meiners, Joan. “Sensing heat: How scientists in Phoenix study summer’s deadliest invisible threat.” Arizona Republic. July 10, 2024.
• Medoza, Katya. “Arizona researchers tackle urban heat with innovative weather data collection.” Arizona Public Media. July 2, 2024.
• Mayor, Analeise. “Two tricked-out trucks in Tucson help research extreme heat.” Arizona Daily Star. July 2, 2024.
• Popat, Mamta. “Photos: Weather balloon launched in Tucson to study extreme heat.” Arizona Daily Star. July 2, 2024.
• Mittan, Kyle. “Weather trucks search for answers about extreme heat in Tucson’s ‘data deserts’.” University of Arizona, University Communications. July 2, 2024.
• Hopkins, Sarah. “US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says.” Inside Climate News. July 2, 2024.
• Elbein, Saul. “Sustainability – On Our Radar: A new building code for the U.S. Southwest.” The Hill. June 26, 2024.
• Chatlani, Shalina. “Cooler states now forced to grapple with extreme heat fueled by climate change.” Stateline. June 26, 2024.
• Mittan, Kyle. “We’re at a ‘heat-shed moment,’ researcher Ladd Keith says of University’s world-class heat expertise.” University of Arizona, University Communications. June 21, 2024.
• Peterson, Karen. “Climate Tucson: Walking the Talk with a ‘Heat Action Roadmap.’” Climate Tucson. June 9, 2024.
• Mayor, Analeise. “U of A receives funds to help fight heat in 30 US cities.” Arizona Daily Star. May 24, 2024.
• Mittan, Kyle. “New federally funded center will rely on UArizona expertise to help communities manage extreme heat.” University of Arizona, University Communications. May 20, 2024.
• Waiss, Alexis. “How The Arizona Republic covered June 26, 1990, Phoenix’s hottest day ever.” The Arizona Republic. May 9, 2024.
• Kempe, Ysabelle. “Arizona names US’ first state chief heat officer, unveils summer 2024 plans.” Smart Cities Dive. March 7, 2024.
• Kempe, Ysabelle. “Extreme heat watch: Will cities be ready for summer 2024?” Smart Cities Dive. January 31, 2024.
• Hu, Akielly. “Extreme heat led to a Taylor Swift fan’s death in Brazil. Could it have been prevented?” Grist. November 22, 2023.
• Davidson, Osha. “The slow death of a desert giant.” Yale Climate Connections. October 23, 2023.
• Coggin, John Dos Passos, Melissa DeFrancesco, Gillen Curren, and Amber Liggett. “Heat governance scholar Ladd Keith’s collaboration with NOAA.” U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. September 27, 2023.
• Stern, Gabe. “Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US.” Associated Press. August 27, 2023.
• Levinson, Kaitlyn. “When every minute counts: Dashboard maps emergency response to extreme heat.” Route Fifty. August 18, 2023.
• Wilson, Mark. “Disney World is Hell.” Fast Company. August 14, 2023.
• Antoniou, Luke. “Tackling extreme heat isn’t a summertime job – it’s a year-round effort.” SmartCitiesWorld. August 9, 2023.
• Nilsen, Ella. “Extreme heat is the deadliest natural disaster. FEMA can’t treat it like one.” CNN. August 8, 2023.
• Gass, Henry. “As extreme heat rises, so do concerns for worker safety.” The Christian Science Monitor. August 3, 2023.
• Poon, Linda. “Phoenix’s Rapid Growth Magnified Its Vulnerability to Heat.” Bloomberg CityLab. July 28, 2023.
• Martin, Ali. “From heat czars to tree planting, relief for urban heat islands.” The Christian Science Monitor. July 28, 2023.
• Costley, Drew, Joseph B. Frederick and Tassanee Vejpongsa. “Extreme heat moves east where many will see their hottest days of the year.” Associated Press. July 28, 2023.
• Megerian, Chris, Drew Costly and Matthew Daly. “Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record high temperatures persist across the US.” Associated Press. July 27, 2023.
• Mittan, Kyle. “How cities are battling extreme heat, and why record-breaking temps don’t tell the whole story.” University of Arizona, University Communications. July 26, 2023.
• Smith, Carl. “Too Damn Hot — and Getting Hotter: Dealing With Extreme Heat.” Governing. July 21, 2023.
• Elbein, Saul. “Five non-climate reasons why danger of extreme heat is rising.” The Hill. July 15, 2023.
• Friedell, Dan. “Are American Cities Prepared for Heat Emergencies?” Voice of America. July 13, 2023.
• Walling, Melina and Isabella O’Malley. “Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?” Associated Press. July 8, 2023.
• Mendoza, Katya. “UA workshop deepens local educators’ knowledge of the impact of climate change in Arizona.” Arizona Public Media. June 30, 2023.
• Davidson, Osha Gray. “The Heat is On.” Sierra: The Magazine of the Sierra Club. June 21.
• Kempe, Ysabelle. “Without chief heat officers, how can smaller cities respond to extreme heat?” Smart Cities Dive. May 31, 2023.
• Elbein, Saul. “Federal heat protections could prevent 50,000 injuries per year: report.” The Hill. May 25, 2023.
• Ostapiuk, Joseph. “Here’s how NYC plans to combat extreme heat, flooding as it wrestles with climate change.” Staten Island Advance. May 9, 2023.
• Leber, Rebecca. “Why Asia’s early heat wave is so alarming.” Vox. April 19, 2023.
• Littin, Shelley. “How cities use energy to regulate temperature – just like mammals.” University of Arizona, University Communications. April 11, 2023.
• Schuler, Timothy A. “Half Baked: The Failure of a Reflective Street Coating in Phoenix Points to More Research Ahead.” Landscape Architecture Magazine. March 2023.
• Gilbert, Samuel. “‘A living pantry’: how an urban food forest in Arizona became a model for climate action.” The Guardian. March 21, 2023.
• Elbein, Saul. “Attorneys general call for federal protections against deadly workplace heat.” The Hill. February 9, 2023.
• Barna, Mark. “U.S. cities launch equity-based resilience programs in face of growing heat.” The Nation’s Health: A Publication of the American Public Health Association. October 2022.
• Ralston, William. “The World’s Roads Aren’t Ready for a Hotter Climate.” Bloomberg News. August 18, 2022.
• Nyce, Caroline Mimbs. “America Is Going to Have a ‘Heat Belt.’” The Atlantic. August 16, 2022.
• Harris, Alex. “Dangerous ‘extreme heat’ days to multiply in South Florida, study finds. Who is at risk?” The Miami Herald. August 15, 2022.
• Berkowitz, Bonnie, Artur Galocha, and Júlia Ledur. “We built a fake metropolis to show how extreme heat could wreck cities.” The Washington Post. August 11, 2022.
• Matusek, Sarah. “How to cool cities, from heat officers to pavement sunscreen.” The Christian Science Monitor. August 3, 2022.
• Jacobo, Julia. “Heat suspected as cause of 10 fatalities following Pacific Northwest heat wave.” ABC News. August 1, 2022.
• McCarthy, Ciara. “Deadliest weather? You’re in it. How to stay safe in a blazing North Texas summer.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 15, 2022.
• McCarthy, Ciara. “Get used to this brutal heat. Future summers in North Texas are expected to get hotter.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 14, 2022.
• Aratani, Lori. “As temperatures rise, this research could help cities stay cool.” Washington Post. July 8, 2022.
• McMahon, Jeff. “When Extreme Heat Becomes An Everyday Problem.” Forbes. June 30, 2022.
• Jacobo, Julia and Daniel Peck. “Hotter-than-normal temperatures are predicted through the summer: How cities must prepare.” ABC News. June 27, 2022.
• Mittan, Kyle. “Cities are heating up. Urban planners should prepare, UArizona researcher says.” University of Arizona, University Communications. June 14, 2022.
• Antoniou, Luke. “Urban heat is an invisible threat – resilience against it shouldn’t be.” SmartCitiesWorld. May 27, 2022.
• Elbein, Saul and Sharon Udasin. “Equilibrium/Sustainability – Texans cut off.” The Hill. May 10, 2022.
• Vock, Daniel C. “How Cities are Trying to Combat the Nation’s Deadliest Weather Risk.” Route Fifty. April 26, 2022.
• Elbein, Saul and Sharon Udasin. “Equilibrium/Sustainability – Cities need to do more to confront deadly heat: study.” The Hill. March 25, 2022.
• Smith, Dana. “What’s old is new again.” Hothouse Solutions. November 29, 2021.
• Brey, Jared. “Facing Our New Climate Reality.” Dwell Magazine. November 16, 2021.
• Smith, Dana. “Should air conditioning be a human right?” Hothouse Solutions. November 16, 2021.
• Blaze Baum, Kathryn and Matthew McClearn. “Extreme, deadly heat in Canada is going to come back, and worse. Will we be ready?” The Globe and Mail. September 25, 2021.
• Tucker-Smith, Owen. “Neighbor wasting water? Is ‘water shaming’ the answer?” The Salt Lake Tribune. July 21, 2021.
• O’Donnell, Tim. “How will cities adapt to extreme heat?” The Week. July 12, 2021.
• Mittan, Kyle. “Keeping Homes and Cities Cool in Extreme Heat.” University of Arizona, University Communications. June 23, 2021.
• Root, Tik. “Heat and Smog Hit Low-Income Communities and People of Color Hardest, Scientists Say.” The Washington Post. May 25, 2021.
• Davis, Tony. “Tucson’s south side is a blistering heat island, study finds.” The Arizona Daily Star. April 3, 2021.
• Hethcock, Bill. “Will Dallas see wave of HQ relocations slow after power outages and grid failures?” Dallas Business Journal. February 24, 2021.
• Hethcock, Bill. “How to rebuild a Dallas neighborhood after severe tornado.” Dallas Business Journal. February 22, 2021.
• Kempe, Ysabelle. “In Las Vegas, hotter days will impact lower-income, Black and Brown residents the most.” ClimateXChange. December 1, 2020.
• Kutz, Jessica. “Extreme heat is here, and it’s deadly.” High Country News. September 1, 2020.
• McGee, Earyn. “Heat and virus bring a double threat to vulnerable populations.” Las Vegas Review-Journal. July 9, 2020.
• Patel, Rudri Bhatt. “What Desert Cities Can Teach Us About Water.” JSTOR Daily. October 8, 2019.
• Panchuk, Kerri. “Heat Wave: How Rising Temperatures In Urban Heat Islands Are Challenging And Inspiring Developers.” Bisnow Dallas-Fort Worth. September 8, 2019.
• Ariza, Mario Alejandro. “How can Miami cope with two extra feet of water by 2060? ULI experts weigh in.” The Real Deal. June 7, 2019.
• White, Marquies. “One-of-a-kind Arid Lands Resource Science graduate program celebrates 50^th anniversary.” The Daily Wildcat. February 21, 2019.
• Perkins, Anthony. “Hot Weather Forecast Warms Up Urban Planning Research.” Arizona Public Media News. May 4, 2018.
• Litvak, Emily. “For Desert Dwellers, a Life in Balance.” University of Arizona – Research, Discovery, & Innovation. April 20, 2018.
• Bell, Austin. “Architecture, ecology converge in Arcosanti.” Puma Press. April 16, 2018.
• Meinhold, Bridgette. “Sustainable Communities.” Montage Magazine. January 2014.
• Mittan, Kyle. “College of Architecture develops undergrad degree in sustainability.” The Daily Wildcat. March 8, 2012.
• Sharpe, Jeremy. “Pushing Boundaries.” Urban Land Magazine. March/April 2011.