Dr. Rotta Loria purposefully didn’t include one factor in his estimates of underground warming in Chicago: climate change at the city surface. Hot weather warms the upper layers of soil.

The findings can be used to further study a way to capture underground heat throughout Chicago, too ... according to the city. One morning in May, Rotta Loria walked through the lowest levels ...

The Underground Railroad existed throughout Illinois, including in Chicago. Multiple listeners have asked Curious City why Chicago isn’t better known for its participation in the Underground ...

"We used Chicago as a living laboratory, but underground climate change is common ... it's causing building foundations in the city to undergo "unwanted settlement, slowly but continuously." ...

Chicago's Deep Tunnel Project, a multi-billion-dollar engineering endeavor, aims to protect the city from flooding and wastewater overflow. The system, a network of massive underground tunnels and ...

If you think it’s hot walking around a city, it’s worse underground. Beneath the high rises in downtown Chicago, the ground has been heating up significantly for decades. In some locations ...

Ever since Manhattan became Bagdad-on-the-Subway 34 years ago, lusty Chicago has toyed with the idea of an underground of its ... Chicago is still the biggest city in the world without a passenger ...

Affecting limestone and clay Subterranean temperatures in Chicago’s downtown ... areas with bigger underground transportation systems such as London and New York City. But the Millennium Parking ...

Tom Vlodek/Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative Share In a city with a history as rich as Chicago’s, summertime is full of opportunity to explore outside your neighborhood, fire up your kids ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The City Council on Wednesday passed Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to offer help to homeowners and businesses who have seen their water bills spike due to underground leaks.