On September 5, 2020, California's Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing its own weather system. The fire's extreme heat produced an explosive thunderhead that spewed lightning strikes and further fanned the roaring ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2025
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More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday, in the latest warning of the massive toll climate change is having on the continent.
Environment
Sep 22, 2025
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The Red Sea, circled by desert landscapes, is home to marine life accustomed to the water's bathtub-like temperatures—often reaching 85 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. But in the past three years, marine heat waves ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2025
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Fish living in warm and arid climates are used to adversity. High temperatures and droughts can routinely cause the streams they call home to stop flowing or dry out altogether.
Ecology
Sep 17, 2025
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New study reveals that corals in the Gulf of Aqaba have withstood four consecutive and intensifying marine heat waves, including the world's most extreme 2024 event, without suffering mass bleaching—a resilience unmatched ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2025
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Scientists estimated Wednesday that rising temperatures from human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, using modeling to project the toll before official data is ...
Environment
Sep 17, 2025
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2024 was the hottest year, within the hottest decade, since we have kept these records. How these consecutive, extreme heat years will impact the survival of species across the globe is an immense and pressing question that ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2025
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Climate change was responsible for 1,700 heat-related deaths in the Swiss canton of Zurich between 1969 and 2018, according to new research from the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. These ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2025
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Recent heat waves in the United States underscore a growing public health threat: Extreme heat events are growing longer, hotter, and more frequent. Soaring temperatures raise the risk of various health problems, such as ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2025
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At a seminar on building cooling strategies in the late 1990s, I vividly remember hearing that "in 30 years time, the climate of London will feel like Marseille's today." That warning stuck with me. Back then, it sounded ...
Environment
Sep 10, 2025
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