Among growing threats to global health is the increasingly frequent extreme heat caused by climate change. That jump in temperatures is often exacerbated by the heat-island effect in urban areas. Three ASU associate professors and researchers are working on innovative ways to combat the rising heat problem. Ariane Middel (pictured) in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the School for Computing and Augmented Intelligence, parts of the Fulton Schools, Konrad Rykaczewski in the School for the Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, one of the Fulton Schools, and Jennifer Vanos in the School of Sustainability are developing tools and methods to deploy in the battle against scorching temperatures.