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Temperature records are being broken in Africa and around the world.
Europe is gripped by a heatwave called Cerberus - it may be a sign of things to come.
Three economists looked at years of temperature and death data and calculated the costs when forecasts miss the mark.
The 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave outstripped even the most severe climate prections. A new study simulated 45,000 years of weather at Seattle Tacoma airport to try and figure out why.
Tackling poverty can protect people from rising heat extremes in Britain and abroad.
High temperatures are also a cause of illness and death for migrants.
Humans prospered in a stable climate. But conditions are changing. Research out today shows 2 billion people will be pushed out of the habitable zone by 2.7C warming. Why? What does this mean for us?
Hot days are getting hotter in north-west Europe – and the region is poorly equipped to cope.
Spring 2022’s record heat put most Indians at greater risk of a premature death.
El Niño can trigger intense and widespread periods of extreme ocean warming known as marine heat waves. They can devastate marine life.
Scientists analyzed 100,000 baseball games, from the days of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays to Aaron Judge. Here’s what they learned about the climate’s growing role.
Extreme heat kills more Australians than any other natural hazard. Here’s why it’s important to keep an eye on older family and friends this summer.
Changing habitat ranges, competition for food and water, and biological effects of climate change all pose threats to wildlife.
Marginalised or minority groups seem to suffer the most from heat-related deaths and disease.
Air conditioners are rare in some European countries, but the climate crisis could change that.
That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.
Urban plantings are part of the solution to living in warmer cities, but most tree and shrub species in the world’s cities will struggle too. The impacts on liveability could be huge.
Climate change will increase the frequency of both floods and droughts in Pakistan. To address these challenges, enhancing infrastructure, building dams and educating the public are necessary.
The flooding in Pakistan is the latest in a sequence of exceptional disasters in the Northern Hemisphere. How much is climate change to blame?
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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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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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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Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney
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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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Professor and Associate Director, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Geography and Director of the Centre for Wildfire Research, Swansea University
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Professor, Aga Khan University Hospital
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Associate, Institute for Climate Change & Adaptation, University of Nairobi
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NERC Independent Research Fellow in Climate Science, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
