Climate change jeopardizes health care services, report says
Dr. Suzy Fitzgerald remembers looking out the windows as wildfire flames surrounded the hospital where she worked.
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Sep 16, 2022
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Food security: The world is hungry for a solution
The complex issue of global food security can only be solved if all nations work together, a UNSW expert says.
Economics & Business
Sep 13, 2022
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Eco-friendly credentials not benefiting hotels financially, study says
Many travelers say they would prefer to stay at eco-friendly hotels, but lodging facilities don't benefit financially from acquiring certification for green business practices, new research shows.
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Sep 12, 2022
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Climate models unreliable in predicting wave damage to coral reefs, say scientists
Climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the damage that tropical cyclones will do to sensitive coral reefs, according to a study published in the journal Earth's Future.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2022
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South African colonial diaries are helping climate scientists reconstruct weather patterns of the past
The current climate crisis raises many questions. Some are forward-looking: how can this be fixed? Some look to the recent past: how did we get here? And some reach further back into history: are today's extreme heat waves, ...
Environment
Sep 9, 2022
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The energy transition needs to be climate-proofed
Record-breaking weather events are becoming more common, costly, and extreme. Not only do these extreme weather events destroy lives and homes. Less talked about is how they can also disrupt the deployment of renewable energy ...
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Sep 8, 2022
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Longer, hotter and more frequent heat waves in Swiss cities
Hot days followed by sweltering nights without any temperature relief in between might become a new norm towards the end of the 21st century. Researchers from the University of Zurich have analyzed the frequency, intensity ...
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Sep 8, 2022
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Countries growing 70% of world's food face 'extreme' heat risk by 2045
Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday.
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Sep 8, 2022
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Extreme flash droughts will continue into the future
In the summer of 2020, an extreme flash drought event broke out over the southeastern coastal region of China, which had serious impacts on local agriculture and the environment. It was identified as one of the top 10 extreme ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 7, 2022
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Climate change exacerbated hurricane Harvey's flood damage, hitting low-income neighborhoods disproportionately harder
New research published today shows that if it were not for the impact of climate change, up to 50 percent of residences in Houston's Harris County would not have been flooded by Hurricane Harvey five years ago. The study, ...
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Aug 25, 2022
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