Europe's hottest summers
Sweltering temperatures in Spain and France spotlight the increasing frequency of heatwaves in Europe.
Environment
Jun 17, 2022
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Predator species help to buffer climate change impacts on biodiversity
Predator species may buffer the negative impacts of climate change by mitigating against the loss of biodiversity, according to new research led by scientists in Trinity College Dublin and Hokkaido University.
Ecology
Jan 12, 2022
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China's hottest August for more than 50 years
China has experienced its hottest August for more than half a century, weather authorities said, after a summer heatwave that saw meat cooked on pavements.
Environment
Aug 30, 2013
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Glaciers can mean the difference between life and death for salmon during heatwaves
As climate change continues to worsen, heatwaves like one that killed hundreds of people as it rolled across the Pacific Northwest last summer have become more common and more extreme. These heatwaves can lead to mass die-offs ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2022
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Hot spots where heatwaves could pose greater health risk
Heatwaves could especially pose an increased health risk this century in Southern European river valleys and along the Mediterranean coast, a study by two Swiss scientists from ETH Zurich has revealed.
Earth Sciences
May 19, 2010
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Deadly heat waves threaten to reverse India's progress on poverty and inequality—new research
Record-breaking heat waves in April 2022 put 90% of people in India at increased risk of going hungry, losing income or premature death, according to our new study.
Environment
May 1, 2023
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Ocean warming is changing the relationship coastal communities have with the ocean
Climate change has made record-breaking heatwaves all the more likely, both on land and beneath the ocean's surface. As the world's ocean sucks up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—as well as most of the additional heat ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2019
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Extreme heat in the midst of the Big Wet for northern Australia—what's going on with the weather?
After a wet and unusually cool spring for much of Australia, the start of meteorological summer is bringing a heatwave to the north of the continent. Even in our La Niña summer we can expect spells of heat, and it's important ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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Human-caused global warming, natural climate variability in vicious cycle
Extreme weather and ocean events are on the rise around the world, due largely to human-caused climate change. But to fully understand these changes—and, ideally, to predict when and where they may occur in the future—researchers ...
Environment
Dec 12, 2022
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First evidence that the genome can adapt to temperature changes
Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona are the first to have studied the effects of a heatwave on the genetic make-up of a species. The researchers have been monitoring the evolution of the fly Drosophila subobscura ...
Biotechnology
Jun 5, 2013
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