No stranger to hot weather, the Southern California region is facing more humid heat waves that test the adaptability of its residents. But different areas feel different effects.
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2023
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The benefits of wartime camaraderie extend far beyond the battlefield, a new UCLA study of U.S. Civil War veterans suggests.
Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2010
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Just as people can get sunburned, plants can also suffer from too much sunlight. To stay healthy, they use an internal "sun protection mechanism." Pierrick Bru, a Ph.D. student working with Alizée Malnoë at Umeå Plant ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 1, 2023
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As much of Europe and the United States continue to deal with extreme heat, and cities like London break all-time high temperature records, an economist at the University of Missouri predicts Londoners in particular are at ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2022
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Thousands of people were being evacuated from their homes in northeast Australia late Wednesday, as bushfires raged across Queensland state amid a scorching heatwave.
Environment
Nov 28, 2018
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Few things say summer in America more than buttery corn on the cob, but as summer temperatures climb to unprecedented levels, the future of sweet corn may not be so sweet. New University of Illinois research shows sweet corn ...
Ecology
Nov 22, 2022
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As climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, coral reefs worldwide are experiencing mass bleaching events and die-offs. For many, this is their first encounter with extreme heat. However for some reefs in the central ...
Environment
Nov 8, 2018
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World leaders have committed to limiting Earth's rising temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.
Environment
Nov 11, 2021
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Amphipods have a much smaller safety margin to cope with warmer water in rivers than has been recognized previously. They also need to get used to warmer water gradually. This is shown by the research of Wilco Verberk of ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2023
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In the hottest year on record, with scorching conditions claiming lives from India to Mexico and Greece sweltering in its earliest-ever heat wave, experts are sounding the alarm over heat stress.
Environment
Jun 14, 2024
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