Esther Margulies

USC professor of landscape architecture and urbanism

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Another heatwave is sweeping through California this week. Some regions could see record-breaking temperatures above 110 degrees. Death Valley could hit 130 degrees.

Potentially deadly heat wave is coming (again). How can we adapt our bodies and infrastructure?

Another heatwave is sweeping through California this week. Some regions could see record-breaking temperatures above 110 degrees. Death Valley could hit 130 degrees.

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