Analysis: Exposure to extreme heat has tripled since 1983
World leaders have committed to limiting Earth's rising temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.
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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Working construction under the merciless Arizona sun, Eleazar Castellanos knew the signs that heat exhaustion was settling in.
Environment
Oct 21, 2021
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Inside one of Vancouver's 25 air-conditioned cooling centers on Wednesday, visitors quietly read books or worked on laptops as the death toll in Canada's British Columbia province rose into the hundreds from a record-smashing ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2021
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Blocked blood vessels in the brains of stroke patients prevent oxygen-rich blood from getting to cells, causing severe damage. Plants and some microbes produce oxygen through photosynthesis. What if there was a way to make ...
Bio & Medicine
May 19, 2021
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Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in the quest to understand how single-cell green algae are able to keep track of the light as they swim.
General Physics
Feb 24, 2021
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Owners of bulldogs, French bulldogs and pugs are highly likely to want to own their breed again in the future, and to recommend their breed to other owners, according to a study published August 26, 2020 in the open-access ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 26, 2020
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The most common cause of potentially-fatal heatstroke in dogs is being exercised by their owners, the largest study of its kind has found.
Veterinary medicine
Aug 4, 2020
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The heat is on. And for most of America it'll stay on through the rest of the month and maybe longer, meteorologists say.
Environment
Jul 7, 2020
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Widespread hot extremes have been seen throughout the world in recent years, causing heat-related mortality and harming crops and livestock. In summer 2018, a record-breaking heat wave swept across large areas of Northeast ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2020
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Heat stress from extreme heat and humidity will annually affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people by 2100, assuming current greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Rutgers study.
Environment
Mar 13, 2020
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