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Practices such as redlining left marginalized groups in more disaster-prone areas with poorer quality infrastructure − and more likely to experience prolonged power outages.
The state’s largest wildfire on record tore across the heart of Texas cattle country, and more days of strong winds were forecast. A rangeland ecologist explains why the flames spread so fast.
Human societies produce huge amounts of excess heat. Turning it into electricity could play a key role in achieving a net-zero society.
In the worst-case scenario currently being mapped, Earth’s temperature could increase by 4.3°C before 2100. Southern African rhinos will have no possibility of surviving this unless parks act now.
New infrared fabric technology is easy to install, cheap to run and affordable so it has huge potential as a future alternative to heat pumps, especially for retrofit projects.
Shivering actually helps warm our bodies up.
Computer data centres produce vast amounts of heat that often gets wasted - now that’s being harnessed to warm swimming pools and improve overall energy efficiency.
The tournament has proven to be very resilient throughout its history, but its greatest challenges may lie ahead.
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at Penn State ran computer models on two Philadelphia census tracts. The neighborhood with more vulnerable residents was also hotter.
Hot temperatures seem to lead to aggression, both in real life and online.
Embracing hope in the good, alongside recognizing the bad, can reduce eco-anxiety, improve mental health and may just be the key to driving strong and meaningful climate action.
Looking after a baby during extreme heat events takes a little planning and a lot of patience. Here are some practical steps you can take.
One fan died and others reported burns at the Swift concert. And we’re going to see similar incidents at future concerns if we don’t start planning for extreme weather.
More Australians than ever live in rented homes, many of which get far too hot. With summers getting longer and hotter, keeping millions of people cool should be a national housing policy priority.
A research accident in the Binder lab at the University of Tennessee led to an unprecedented discovery about how plants respond to a hormone called ethylene.
As Australia heads into summer with an El Niño, it’s important understand and prepare for the health risks associated with extreme weather.
The preliminary global-average temperature anomaly for September is a shocking 1.7°C. These are the drivers of current record-breaking heat.
Working a day on the firelines as a wildland firefighter can require the endurance of riding the Tour de France. That takes a toll, as a physiologist explains.
Further research is needed in order to quantify the costs of extreme heat so we can reduce its damaging effects now and in the future.
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Exercise Physiology, Penn State
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Geographer-climatologist and Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Kinesiology, Penn State
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Professor of Physiology, Kinesiology and Human Performance, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure
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Professor of Epidemiology and Data Science, Tufts University
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Associate Professor, Design Studies, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University
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Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University, Monash University
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Professor, School of Physiology; Director, Brain Function Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
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Honorary Professorial Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
