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Extreme heat and bushfires bring unique challenges for someone with dementia. Here’s how we can all play a part in helping them stay safe and cool this spring and summer.
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New research reveals how trees respond to extreme heat. Most trees lose more water than models predict. Some species cope better than others. Access to water will be critical for the hot summer ahead.
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The northern summer was marked by intense fires and heat. Now it’s our turn to face the heat.
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An ‘omega block’ helped Storm Daniel wreak devastation in Libya.
The costs of climate change are clear with the flood devastation in Lybia simply being the latest grim example. What is also clear is that traditional policymaking has failed and climate assemblies may provide a novel and more equitable path forward.
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Climate assemblies may just provide the breakthrough required to develop popular, just and sustainable climate and energy policies.
Say goodbye to Mediterranean beach breaks.
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The future of the traditional holiday getaway looks bleak.
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Climate change is putting pressure on Ethiopia’s largest city, Addis Ababa, and exposing people to disease and natural disasters.
The body is well-equipped to cope with the heat.
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Sweating is just one of the body’s many processes that help keep us cool.
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New research reveals drowning risk increases during Australian heatwaves, especially severe heatwaves. Here’s who is most at risk and what we can all do to stay safe.
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Marine heatwaves aren’t just on the surface. They can be at their most destructive when they sweep along the seafloor.
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Across the world, elderly people tend to be the most vulnerable to climate-related disasters.
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As I hear reports of the fire tearing through Maui, I feel utterly depressed. As a fire scientist, I know the unfolding horror is just the beginning in our warmer world.
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Living your life in air-conditioned comfort can actually put you more at risk from heat. Here’s why the age-old tradition of a midday nap could help.
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New research shows climate change will harm animal welfare – including your pet.
Temperature anomaly on Wednesday August 2 2023. Red areas of Chile and northern Argentina are much hotter than the long-term average for this time of year.
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Parts of Argentina and the Chilean Andes experienced some of their highest temperatures on record.
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What’s going on with the weather in Australia? It’s partly the result of natural drivers of our weather – and partly due to global warming.
Opec predicts oil demand will be 10% higher by the 2040s.
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Oil producers behave as if heatwaves, forest fires and rising sea levels were happening on another planet.
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Three tips from climate communication research on how to talk about climate change during extreme weather events.
A tourist carries a child away from the wildfire on Rhodes.
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No one plans a European holiday thinking of fleeing from fire or sheltering from intense heat. But the climate crisis is forcing a reckoning – tourism as we knew it will have to change.
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The predicted El Niño is a worry, but it doesn’t guarantee the record-breaking heat we’re seeing in parts of the Northern Hemisphere.