Deforestation in tropical countries could contribute to increased deaths from heat exposure in nearby populations, new research has shown.
Environment
Aug 27, 2025
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New research has revealed New Zealand is on track for a major spike in extreme heat, with heat waves that currently hit once a decade potentially striking every other summer.
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2025
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Summer is the time for sunshine, but Americans have been getting a surplus of heat this summer, with millions of people across the Southeast recently facing a blistering heat wave with heat indexes, or feels-like temperatures, ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2025
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Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat stress because paved and densely built-up areas tend to store heat. More frequent and intense heat waves are a growing challenge for public health and urban infrastructure.
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2025
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Years of repeated exposure to heat waves may accelerate aging, particularly among manual workers, rural residents and people from communities with fewer air conditioners, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change.
Environment
Aug 25, 2025
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Throughout the first half of 2020, average monthly temperatures in Siberia reached 6°C above the norm. The situation climaxed on 20 June, when the temperature in the town of Verkhoyansk climbed to 38°C (100.4°F), the highest ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2025
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As global temperatures rise, scientists are turning to an unexpected source—the same yeast that makes bread rise and beer fizz—to uncover what allows some lifeforms to survive extreme heat while others cannot.
Evolution
Aug 22, 2025
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Rising global temperatures are having an ever-worsening impact on the health and productivity of workers, the United Nations said Friday, urging immediate action to tackle the dangers of heat stress.
Environment
Aug 22, 2025
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Rising global temperatures affect human activity in many ways. Now, a new study illuminates an important dimension of the problem: very hot days are associated with more negative moods, as shown by a large-scale look at social ...
Environment
Aug 21, 2025
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Heat-stressed Victorian mountain ash forests are thinning fast, turning from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new research reveals.
Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2025
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