On Point covers adaptation & infrastructure

High Heat The New Normal?
"We’re asking if boiling summer temperatures are going to be the new normal. And if it’s so, how will we cope?"
Guests:
Heidi Cullen, research correspondent and scientist for Climate Central, she’s the author of “The Weather of the Future.” Her op-ed in the New York Times Wednesday was, “The Sizzle Factor for a Restless Climate.”
Christopher Field, professor of biology and Environmental Earth Science at Stanford University, where he is also director of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology.
Matt Fajkus, professor at the University of Texas School of Architecture.
Andrew Jorgenson, professor of sociology, University of Utah.

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/07/22/high-heat