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Extreme Heat: Arizona to Australia

Season 1 Episode 3

Heat kills more Americans than hurricanes and wildfires combined, yet it remains the most invisible threat of climate change. Miles O’Brien travels from a Phoenix playground redesigned to fight scorching pavement, to an Australian shade lab, to a climate chamber where he’s put under the broiler, to meet scientists engineering how humans might adapt to a hotter world.

Aired: 08/25/26
Made possible in part by support provided by Sue Hart-Wadley and Searle Wadley with additional support from Jerry Cox.
Extras
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Miles O'Brien travels the world searching for solutions to today’s most urgent challenges.
Miles O'Brien travels the world searching for solutions to today’s most urgent challenges.
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