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When extreme heat arrives, people can seek safety in air-conditioned buildings. Are wild animals doomed?
A record-breaking heatwave hit Delhi this week, hot on the heels of heat in Asia and Africa. Australians take note, we are not safe here. We need to prepare for heat to hit us just as hard.
Extreme heat will continue to affect Canada, but the negative impacts on the most vulnerable, including those living with mental illness, can be reduced by taking steps to ensure healthier cities.
Older adults face greater health risks from extreme heat for several reasons, including their medications..
Global climates are changing and the world is rapidly warming. Canada’s labour laws must keep pace with the rate of change to protect workers.
African cities with over 10 million residents are getting hotter fast. Millions face disaster in these urban heat islands unless the cities start greening and adapting to climate change soon.
Recent flash droughts in parts of NSW and Victoria appeared quickly and can be followed by intense flooding rains. It’s part of a global trend driven by global warming.
Ghana is experiencing record high temperatures and rainfall patterns have become inconsistent.
Cancellations of Australian music festivals, such as the abrupt end to Pitch Music Festival due to extreme heat, have become all too familiar.
Climate change is increasing the risks of extreme heat, floods and bushfires, meaning more people are having to consider moving home. But different people come to different decisions.
During pregnancy, the body’s capacity to regulate temperature changes. Here’s how to cool down and the overheating red flags to watch out for.
Most of the 1 billion people in informal settlements are in the tropics where the threat of humid heat is rising. Poor weather station coverage that misses local hotspots puts them even more at risk.
An atmospheric scientist explains how rising temperatures are helping to fuel extreme storms, floods, droughts and devastating wildfires.
The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat waves like the Southwest experienced is also rising.
Koalas will need our help more than ever this summer as hot, dry conditions force them to seek water. Here’s how to help keep them safe and what to do if you encounter a koala in distress.
Hot temperatures seem to lead to aggression, both in real life and online.
The pilot project opening in Sydney will use the best available evidence to keep vulnerable people cool on the hottest of days.
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.
Heat illnesses can vary, from relatively mild heat exhaustion to the potentially life-threatening condition of heat stroke. Here’s how to tell the difference.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Australian National University
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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PhD Candidate in Climate Change and Health, University of Reading
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Professor of Economics, University of Arizona
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Professor of Heat & Health; Director of Heat & Health Research Incubator; Director of Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, University of Sydney
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NERC Independent Research Fellow in Climate Science, University of East Anglia
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Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Professor and Associate Director, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor, Aga Khan University
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Aga Khan University Hospital
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Professor of Geography and Director of the Centre for Wildfire Research, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney
