Climate Now: Heat in the South End

It's Earth Week on The Common. And in honor of our home planet, we're bringing you a special series. Every day this week, we're exploring what climate change looks and feels like in Greater Boston, and how it's impacting our communities, right now.

Today's destination: Boston's South End

The entire city of Boston is a heat island, but some parts of the city, including the South End, can get particularly hot on high-temperature days. Today on The Common, we head to the South End to get a better idea of what makes a heat island, and who is most likely to be impacted by extreme heat.

Enjoy this episode of our Earth Week series? Check out our previous episodes about the impacts of climate change in Boston's Chinatown , the Boston Harbor Islands and in Hyde Park, wherever you're listening.