Blistering temperatures exacerbated by high humidity are not just uncomfortable but dangerous. Across Canada, and in communities throughout southwestern Ontario, rising temperatures are affecting people's health in profound ...
Environment
Jun 25, 2026
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At least 101 million Europeans were forecast to swelter in temperatures of more than 35C on Thursday, as scores of people were thought to have been killed by the heat wave.
Environment
Jun 25, 2026
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At present, more than 700 million people live with caloric hunger, and more than 2 billion suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, known as "hidden hunger." By prioritizing high yield over nutritional quality, global calorie ...
Biotechnology
Jun 25, 2026
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Europe struggled to cope with a record-breaking heat wave on Wednesday, with at least 94 million people expected to experience temperatures above 35C, most of them in France and Spain.
Environment
Jun 24, 2026
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In a recent viewpoint published in Nature Climate Change, six researchers from South America, Asia and Africa examine how glacier retreat in the Andes, Himalayas and other high-altitude regions is reshaping the cultural and ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2026
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England is sweltering under a red heat health alert and could see its hottest June day on record. In North America, football fans and players are suffering, with a quarter of this summer's World Cup matches forecast to be ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2026
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Europe braced Wednesday for another day of a sweltering heat wave that has smashed records, left tens of thousands of people without power and sent air conditioner sales zooming on a continent unused to and ill-equipped to ...
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Jun 24, 2026
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A new "prescription for the planet" aims to address the deepening environmental crisis.
Environment
Jun 23, 2026
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In many fish species, water temperature determines the sex of the fry. This biological mechanism threatens to wipe out entire populations because of a shortage of females in the face of global warming. However, an international ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2026
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Workers sweated in choking heat and pupils stayed home Tuesday as an early-summer heat wave smothered much of Europe, with France suffering its hottest day on record.
Environment
Jun 23, 2026
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