"It's Getting Hot in Here" is a community media blog project supported by the work of a network of Contributing Editors that provide guidance, content, and critical support for an online community working to address and stop global warming. Contributing Editors work with a worldwide network of Contributors focused on various topic areas such as: climate justice; dirty energy; news and media politics; United Nations/international policy; and youth movement/campuses. After having submitted a number of posts that demonstrate a familiarity with the technical and contributor guidelines, Contributors may be promoted to be "Authors," able to publish posts independently. They may also pull in photos to their blog posts from a custom Flickr feed.

The blog can be read online or readers can subscribe to receive updates via email or a "Really Simple Syndication"/RSS feed. Topics covered include: clean energy; carbon emissions; "green" jobs; protecting biodiversity; environmental laws, bills, and policies; and political participation and local action, among others. IGHIH also syndicates to Google news, the New York Times' Blogrunner, Taking It Global's Climate Blog, youthclimate.org, and has a widget hosted on several dozen other sites.

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"It's Getting Hot in Here" has been recognised as a Best Green Blog, a Top 10 Climate Blog by Climate Progress, is listed as a “Suggested Source” by nytimes.com, and has been nominated for the COM+ Award for Outstanding Climate Change Communications. According to the blog itself, readers of "It's Getting Hot in Here" come from 160 countries around the world, and is (as of 2009) the third-ranked climate blog in the world, as well as one of the top 4,000 blogs globally.