Across the globe, the past few years have been characterized by scorching summers that endanger the health of outdoor workers and biting winters that often freeze pipes and other critical infrastructure.
Environment
Oct 12, 2023
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Disasters related to the weather or climate are becoming more common. Since 1970, there has been a five-fold increase in the number of weather-related disasters, causing economic damages that have surged a staggering 70 times ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2023
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Prof. Chen Mingxing's team at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed the increasing inequality of the compound risk of aging and extreme heat ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2023
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Algorithms can predict what movies or songs you might like, but they can also predict which species a predator would most likely eat.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2023
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A dangerous and prolonged heat wave blanketed large parts of the southern United States on Tuesday, buckling highways and forcing people to shelter indoors in what scientists called a climate-change supercharged event.
Environment
Jun 27, 2023
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A University of Bath-led research team has produced a series of detailed weather projections for more than 11,000 UK locations for the year 2080, highlighting the stark reality of likely future heat waves.
Environment
Jun 13, 2023
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Anthropogenic factors on the West African coast are contributing more than global climate change to the rapid increase in vulnerability and flood risks in the region. This was demonstrated by an interdisciplinary IRD team, ...
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2023
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When a powerful storm flooded neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in April with what preliminary reports show was 25 inches of rain in 24 hours, few people were prepared. Even hurricanes rarely drop that much rain ...
Environment
Apr 27, 2023
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A devastating drought that has struck the Horn of Africa could not have occurred without global warming, according to a new report released Thursday from an international team of climate scientists.
Environment
Apr 27, 2023
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Virginia Tech biological sciences postdoctoral researcher Traci DuBose wants to ensure no frogs or toads land below conservationists' radar.
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2023
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