Related topics: climate change

Is the jet stream changing?

Heavy precipitation, wind storms, heat waves—when severe weather events such as these occur they are frequently attributed to a wavy jet stream. The jet stream is a powerful air current in the upper troposphere that balances ...

Rising temperatures linked to increased child neglect

As temperatures rise, so does the maltreatment of children, according to a new study from a researcher in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. The study, released as a National Bureau of ...

Sensing city night heat from space

Confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization, July 2023 was the hottest month on record, with high-impact weather continuing through August. These records are based on air temperatures, but measurements of the temperature ...

Morocco breaks heat record

Temperatures in Morocco have for the first time on record topped 50 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit), the North African country's meteorological service said Sunday amid a scorching heat wave.

Spanish city shatters heat record

Spain's eastern city of Valencia set a new temperature record on Thursday as the country baked under its third heat wave of the summer.

The mutual benefit of agriculture and solar energy

Agricultural photovoltaics (AV) is a concept developed in the 1980s that combines agriculture and solar energy production on the same land. Practitioners grow crops under solar panels and can control the amount and wavelength ...

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