(Photo courtesy of Union of Concerned Scientists)

The life and health of Bay Area residents is at risk if no action is taken globally on climate change this century, according to a report released July 16 by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The report, titled “Killer Heat in the United States: The Future of Dangerously Hot Days,” shows that if nothing is done to stop the rise of temperatures, it may be blistering for many days each year, especially in Solano County and parts of the East Bay and North Bay.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.