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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Researchers are developing strategies to protect people from rising temperatures, focusing on vulnerable groups and clearer climate-health communication.
Environment
Aug 20, 2025
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While nothing says "summer" quite like the taste of a perfectly ripe tomato, excessive heat during the growing season can prevent tomato plants from bearing fruit.
Agriculture
Aug 20, 2025
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Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado's rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the massive wildfires proliferating across the region.
Environment
Aug 18, 2025
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Heat waves are becoming more common, severe and long-lasting. These prolonged periods of hot weather are especially dangerous in already hot places like Texas. In 2023, more than 300 people in Texas died from heat, according ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2025
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Equipped with an infrared thermometer, Austrian artist Jonas Griessler measures the sweltering heat in an inner courtyard in the center of Vienna.
Environment
Aug 15, 2025
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Human-caused climate change made a recent Nordic heatwave about 2C hotter, putting a strain on healthcare, ecosystems and indigenous Sami reindeer herders in a region ill-equipped for such events, researchers said on Thursday.
Environment
Aug 14, 2025
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Scorching temperatures, such as those recorded in southern Europe, illustrate the intensifying heatwaves in Europe, which scientists consider a direct result of climate change.
Environment
Aug 13, 2025
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Wildfires burned in parts of Europe on Tuesday as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new reality: record summer heat.
Environment
Aug 12, 2025
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