The world is on track to add nearly two months of dangerous superhot days each year by the end of the century, with poorer small nations hit far more often than the biggest carbon-polluting countries, a study released Thursday ...
Environment
Oct 16, 2025
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People who have lived through floods, heat waves, or other climate-related disasters are significantly more likely to view climate change as a very serious threat, according to new research from the University of Amsterdam, ...
Environment
Oct 15, 2025
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Heat waves in the UK have led to unseasonable drying of vegetation bypassing natural ecological processes that limit the spread of wildfires, a new study has found.
Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2025
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Dry soils in northern Mexico may trigger episodes of simultaneous drought and heat wave hundreds of miles away in the southwestern United States, such as Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, according to a new study. These "hot ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2025
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High temperatures can cause serious health problems and even death, especially among elderly people and people with underlying diseases. The extremely hot summers of 2022 and 2023 are estimated to have caused 60,000 and 50,000 ...
Environment
Oct 9, 2025
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José Luis Araus, professor at the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Biology and member of Agrotecnio—CERCA center in agrotechnology—participated in a study showing that wheat varieties that perform best under ideal conditions ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 9, 2025
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On a scorching Texas afternoon, some Houston neighborhoods heat up far faster than others. New research from Texas A&M University shows vacant and abandoned land is a big reason why.
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2025
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"Almost every day [in the hot season] in our factory, five to seven people faint. Five to seven people just fall down."
Environment
Oct 6, 2025
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Imagine a farm in 2050. It's summer and solar radiation and humidity are peaking. Fruit picking machines hum and cooling mist sprays overhead. In the haze, a robot stands among the rows of fruit. It scans two strawberries—one ...
Ecology
Oct 3, 2025
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The number of heat-related deaths in Spain between May 16 and September 30 hit 3,832, an 87.6% increase from the same period in 2024, the health ministry said Thursday.
Environment
Oct 2, 2025
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