Half the US population could be in the path of severe thunderstorms early next week
Unseasonable warmth is setting the stage for damaging thunderstorms capable of bringing powerful wind, large hail and ...
Why sizzling cities are mapping hot spots street by street
Knowable Magazine reports on how in metros like Reno, Nevada, citizen scientists hit the road to collect detailed temperature data—key to taming urban heat, saving lives and designing for a warmer ...
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CNN WIRE — U.S. heat risk forecast: where Americans likely to face extreme heat this year
(CNN) — High temperatures affect public health across wide swaths of the United States each summer, causing spikes in emergency room visits and hundreds of heat-related deaths. As temperatures rise, ...
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Are There Billions More People Than We Thought? Controversial Study Suggests Rural Population May Be Undercounted by 50%
With nearly half of the world’s population still living in rural areas, accurate data is paramount for achieving the United ...
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World’s first thermometer in the sky can measure heat output from ‘any building on the planet’
London-based startup, Satellite Vu is launching a new satellie, HotSat-1 to help tackle the effects of climate change globally. “We’re introducing the first thermometer in the sky. Satellite ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore19d
GE2025: Changes to electoral map ‘appropriate’, reflect population growth, says Janil Puthucheary
On the electoral map changes, Dr Janil said: "What we do know and what we can see, it's about the population growth. It's about the need to make sure that the number of electors per MP remains ...
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Optimizing Urban Greenspace Landscapes to Mitigate Population Exposure to Extreme Heat in 21st Century Chinese Cities
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Future Urbanity & Sustainable Environment (FUSE) Lab, Division of Landscape ...
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UK hot weather maps show 11 counties to bake in 18C heat - full list
Millions of Brits across 11 UK counties look set to bask in near 20C heat in just a few weeks ... WXCHARTS UK weather maps have turned orange and yellow, indicating warmer weather is coming.
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Climate Change Made South Sudan’s Heat Wave 10 Times as Likely, Study Finds
Years of war and food insecurity in the region made the extreme heat especially dangerous. By Austyn Gaffney After a blistering February heat wave in South Sudan’s capital caused dozens of ...
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Amphibians are being pushed beyond their heat limits
Amphibians are notably fragile in a warming world due to their dependence on external sources to regulate body heat, with more than 40% of species ... For example, the loss of an amphibian population ...
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Extreme heat silently accelerates aging on a molecular level, new research shows
Large swaths of the U.S. population are experiencing long stretches of extreme heat, as this map of cumulative heat days from 2010 to 2016 shows. (Eunyoung Choi, CC BY-ND) Older adults are especially ...