A vehicle in a city in Missouri recently went airborne after driving on a street that had buckled in the summer heat. The incident reflects a growing trend of roads and other public infrastructure being threatened by the impacts of climate change, particularly rising temperatures, says Mikhail Chester, a professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Fulton Schools, and director of the Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering. Such dangerous heat-related incidents are likely to increase until more infrastructure is designed specifically to withstand the intense heat and the stress it inflicts on roads, bridges, sidewalks and public power and other utility systems.