Argonne National Laboratory will study the effect of climate change on Chicago neighborhoods

The lab was one of three cities to receive a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Argonne National Laboratory will study the effect of climate change on Chicago neighborhoods
Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory will study the effect of climate change on Chicago neighborhoods
Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory will study the effect of climate change on Chicago neighborhoods

The lab was one of three cities to receive a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Argonne is working with four community organizations who will be identifying questions and needs that will guide Argonne’s research into urban climate change. Argonne will also be partnering with historically Black and minority-serving academic institutions to conduct this research.

Reset learns more from the scientist leading this initiative and one of the community partners.

GUEST: Cristina Negri, director of Argonne’s Environmental Sciences Division and CROCUS lead

Naomi Davis, founder and executive director of Blacks in Green