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The impacts of climate disasters are often measured in terms of property damage. But in places like Phoenix, Arizona, and in hot places all over the world, climate change is wreaking a very different kind of havoc – on living things. In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation.

Not Built For This is a 6-part mini-series from 99% Invisible, with new episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays in the 99% Invisible feed. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Credits

Producer Delaney Hall spoke with Jeff Goodell, climate reporter and the author of The Heat Will Kill You First; Sergio Armendariz of the Phoenix Rescue Mission; Andrew Needham, Associate Professor of History at NYU; Dr. Geoffrey Comp, an emergency medicine physician at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ; Dr. Jeff Johnston, Chief Medical Examiner for the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner; and Bunny and Jason Joseph.

This episode of Not Built For This was reported and produced by Delaney Hall and Emmett FitzGerald. The rest of the Not Built For This team is producers Jayson De Leon and Sofie Kodner. Further invaluable editing from Christopher Johnson, Joe Rosenberg, Kelly Prime, and Roman Mars. Mix and sound design by Martín Gonzalez. Theme and original music by George Langford from Actual Magic with additional music by Swan Real. Fact-checking by Sona Avakian. Series art by Aaron Nestor.

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