Record Pollution and Heat Herald a Season of Climate Extremes
It’s not officially summer yet in the Northern Hemisphere. But the extremes are already here.Fires are burning across the breadth ...
Tag: Heat
How prepared is the Middle East for extreme heat waves? – DW – 06/03/2023
When the thermometer threatens to rise over a baking 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in Iraq, locals usually get a ...
Extreme heat is putting Indigenous inmates at deadly risk
This story was produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations and is co-published with ICT. In any given ...
How Climate Change and ‘Heat Islands’ are Killing Black People
If the late Marvin Gaye could add climate change to his ecological masterpiece “Mercy, Mercy Me,” he might ask: Where ...
Sweltering heat wave hits Sri Lanka; climate change will likely bring more
As a heat wave sweeps across Asia, Sri Lanka continues to issue heat warnings to the public as the country ...
Bracing for the summer heat
Climate change has brought on heat waves for many regions across the world this year, and it's only just beginning ...
These are the most dangerous places in the world for extreme heat
Comment on this storyCommentGlobal warming will force more than a fifth of the world’s population out of the “climate niche” ...
Phoenix Blackout in Heat Wave Would Overwhelm Hospitals, Study Warns
If a multiday blackout in Phoenix coincided with a heat wave, nearly half the population would require emergency department care ...
A Fifth of the World Could Live With Dangerous Heat by 2100, New Study Warns
One in five people could live in dangerously hot conditions by the end of the century if global warming continues ...
In Brazil’s Favelas, Green Roofs Might Help Relieve the Heat
Sweat was dripping down Luis Cassiano’s face. It was 2012, and Rio de Janeiro’s hottest day to date: At nearly ...
