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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?
The worst effects are during high nighttime temperatures, something happening more often with climate change. Wildfires add to the risk.
The tropics are projected to face almost daily dangerous heat by 2100. And “extremely dangerous” heat that’s almost unheard of today will occur more often in several regions.
Flash flooding often follows periods of drought.
A small number of people experience a debilitating level of eco-anxiety that limits their ability to live happy and healthy lives.
Global heating may be making the weather systems behind heatwaves more common in Europe.
Hotter, drier summers risk making widlfires more like those of southern Europe.
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate in Climate Change and Health, University of Reading
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Senior Staff Specialist, Alice Springs Hospital. Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor, Aga Khan University
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Arizona
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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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Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Hon Professor of Climate Change and Mental Health, University of Sydney
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Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
