Heat Mapping Poject - Need Volunteers WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS COMING MONDAY, JULY 29TH! The City of Cambridge is collaborating with the Museum of Science, Town of Brookline, and City of Boston on a citizens science urban heat project this summer. We have scheduled Monday, July 29th as the day to collect temperature and humidity data along two routes in Cambridge and we are short of volunteers. There are two routes in Cambridge, one to the west of Harvard Square and one to the east. Each route takes about 1 hour to drive. We have cars. The Museum of Science will provide sensors to mount on the cars to collect the data. Specifically, we need navigators for the 3:00-4:00 pm slot for the west side route and for the 6:00-7:00 am and 3:00-4:00 pm slots for the east side route. If you are able to help, please contact Sara Benson at the Museum of Science at sbenson@mos.org or John Bolduc at the Community Development Department, jbolduc@cambridgema.gov, 617-349-4628. We understand it's the workday and not possible for many people. This data will help in 3 ways: corroborate the satellite data the City has used to map urban heat islands; provide higher resolutions readings of temperature and humidity; and provide evening temperatures that we don't currently have. The data will be used in the City's Climate Change Preparedness and Resilience Plan. For more information about this initiative, see the Museum’s Wicked Hot Boston blog post. There is also a good story in CityLab about how this project has been conducted in other cities If you go out during the heat wave, make sure to take precautions. Heat Safety Tips from the Cambridge Public Health Department have been posted on the City website. Thank you and stay cool! Stay Up to Date! To stay update to date about climate change activities in Cambridge, sign up for the Climate Protection Action Committee Bulletin. ‌ ‌ ‌ CambridgeMA.gov/CDD Cambridge Community Development Department | 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 Unsubscribe hsolorzano@comcast.net Update Profile | Our Privacy Policy | About Constant Contact Sent by cddat344@cambridgema.gov From: Ron Newman <rnewman@alum.mit.edu> Date: Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 10:33 PM To: Ruth Ryals <rryals@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [Porter square] Fwd: [NorthCommons] Fwd: Cambridge Heat Mapping - Need Volunteers for Monday, July 29th On Jul 27, 2019, at 1:15 PM, Ruth Ryals <rryals@comcast.net> wrote: From: "Helen Solorzano hsolorzano@comcast.net [NorthCommons]" <NorthCommons-noreply@yahoogroups.com> Date: July 26, 2019 at 11:21:35 PM EDT To: northcommons@yahoogroups.com Subject: [NorthCommons] Fwd: Cambridge Heat Mapping - Need Volunteers for Monday, July 29th Reply-To: Helen Solorzano <hsolorzano@comcast.net> Volunteers needed Monday 8/29 for heat mapping in Cambridge 6-7 am and 3-4 pm. See below! This is being done twice — July 29 and August 29?