We are entering a new climate—one that looks very different from the one we’ve known, Jeff Goodell concludes in his latest book, “The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.”

This summer has produced record-breaking temperatures in nearly every corner of the world, including even the deepest parts of our oceans. Sea ice around Antarctica is at a record-low for the satellite era. July Fourth was the hottest day on Earth since 1979, and potentially in the last 125,000 years, according to some estimates. Lastly, an oppressive and ongoing heat wave primarily focused along the Ten Across transect, has placed 100 million Americans, or a third of the country, under excessive heat warnings and advisories for the foreseeable future.

These figures suggest that 2023 will be a dangerous and influential summer for the future of our planet.

In this video interview recorded in July 2023 at the Gensler offices in Downtown Los Angeles, Ten Across founder and executive director Duke Reiter invited author Jeff Goodell discuss the uncanny timing of hit latest book “The Heat Will Kill You First,” and its place among Jeff’s last 20 years of climate reporting.

The audio recording is also available to listen to from Ten Across Conversations podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

SPECIAL THANKS
A special thanks to the ClimateWorks Foundation's Clean Cooling Collaborative for their sponsorship of the Ten Across 10X Prize Clean Cooling Student Competition of which this interview was made possible with the purpose of creating greater awareness of the impacts of extreme heat and the need for creative solutions to help those most impacted.

ABOUT THE 10X PRIZE CLEAN COOLING COMPETITION
ASU's Ten Across initiative has launched this new student competition designed to inspire the development of innovative solutions to address the impacts of extreme heat in poor and underserved communities across eithy-state southern tier of the U.S.--the Ten Across region. Five teams will be selected to present their solutions to a panel of expert judges. The winning team solution will receive a $100K prize: $25K to go to the student team’s institution and an additional $75K grant to prototype the solution. The remaining four finalist teams will each receive $10K. A $10K People's Choice prize will also be awarded.

More about the 10X PRIZE: https://10across.org/10xprize

ABOUT THE CLEAN COOLING COLLABORATIVE
The Clean Cooling Collaborative is a philanthropic initiative of ClimateWorks Foundation that is working to create a future with efficient, climate-friendly cooling for all. A philanthropic initiative of ClimateWorks Foundation launched in 2017 as the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP), Clean Cooling Collaborative focuses on making cooling more sustainable and accessible.

More about the Clean Cooling Collaborative: https://www.cleancoolingcollaborative...