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Reflective roofs combat extreme heat in Sierra Leone

Reflective panels installed on homes in Freetown, Sierra Leone, are helping residents cope with extreme heat by reducing indoor temperatures by over 6°C.

Jake Wood reports for BBC.

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Sierra Leone's long road to clean cookstoves

In Sierra Leone, 99 percent of the population still uses polluting cooking methods, including fires and uninsulated cookstoves.
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Citizen scientists map urban heat down to the block level

Thousands of volunteers have taken part in a federal agency-led initiative to better understand where US cities’ hot zones are. 
Scientists rediscover a climate-hardy coffee plant

Scientists rediscover a climate-hardy coffee plant

Coffea stenophylla possesses greater tolerance for higher temperatures than Arabica and robusta coffee that dominate the market, researchers say.
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