Western heat wave threatens health in vulnerable communities
Extreme temperatures like the ones blistering the American West this week aren't just annoying, they're deadly.
Environment
Jun 19, 2021
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Report: Climate change is threatening health globally
The effects of climate change are killing people and negatively affecting the health of more and more people in the world. The growing health threats could worsen if we do not urgently address climate change. Even at a global ...
Environment
Nov 17, 2023
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Climate change increased the number of deaths
The increased temperatures caused by ongoing climate change in Stockholm, Sweden between 1980 and 2009 caused 300 more premature deaths than if the temperature increase did not take place. In Sweden as a whole, it would mean ...
Environment
Oct 22, 2013
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A chaperone for the 'guardian of the genome'
The protein p53 plays an essential role in the prevention of cancer by initiating the controlled death of a cell with damaged genes which is in danger to transform into a cancerous cell. The heat shock protein Hsp90, in turn, ...
Biotechnology
Sep 7, 2011
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Heat kills: We need consistency in the way we measure these deaths
One of the most confronting impacts of climate change is the risk of more deaths from hot weather. Heat stress can exacerbate existing health conditions including diabetes, kidney disease and heart disease. Older people are ...
Environment
Jan 31, 2020
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Europe sizzles in heatwave as wildfire hits Portugal (Update)
Europe sweltered through an intense heatwave on Sunday, with soaring temperatures contributing to forest fires, the closure of nuclear plants and even a threat to the Netherlands' supply of potato fries, although some countries ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2018
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Measuring the temperature of nanoparticles
One of the holy grails of nanotechnology in medicine is to control individual structures and processes inside a cell. Nanoparticles are well suited for this purpose because of their small size; they can also be engineered ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 30, 2010
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Earth on track to warm above 2 degrees Celsius despite climate action
Government plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions aren't enough to avoid catastrophic global warming, with the planet on track to heat up between 2.1 and 2.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century compared to pre-industrial ...
Environment
Oct 26, 2022
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Death toll from Northwest heat wave expected to keep rising
Each day, more deaths are being linked to the heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest this past week, with medical staff who treated people overwhelmed by temperatures well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) saying ...
Environment
Jul 2, 2021
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Greece facing 40C weekend while record US heat wave set to expand
Greece was Saturday facing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), while a record-breaking heat wave stretching across the southern United States was expected ...
Environment
Jul 22, 2023
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