Exposure to Urban Heat and Stress
IBNS/Researchers explore the relationship between heat stress and carbon emissions, and why heat waves are felt strongly in urban areas, be it the USA or India. SPAN writer Jason Chiang reports Large …
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NASA postpones Artemis 1 Moon mission due to ‘engine bleed’
NASA postponed the launch of the Artemis 1 mission, an uncrewed flight around the Moon, which was scheduled to take off Monday from Florida after encountering a temperature issue with …
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Drought uncovers dinosaur tracks in US park
A drought in Texas dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles that lived some 113 million years ago, an official said Tuesday. …
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Reconstructing ice age diets reveals an unraveling web of life, Research shows
Research published this week in Science offers the clearest picture yet of the reverberating consequences of land mammal declines on food webs over the past 130,000 years. It’s not a pretty picture. …
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‘Dangerous’ and ‘extremely dangerous’ heat stress to become more common by 2100: study
Record-breaking heat waves have occurred recently from Delhi to the Pacific Northwest, and the number of these deadly events is expected to increase. New research from the University of Washington …
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Dallas is only the latest flood disaster: How cities can learn from today’s climate crises to prepare for tomorrow
Devastating flash floods in Dallas, St. Louis and eastern Kentucky have left cities across the U.S. questioning their own security in a warming climate. Dallas was hit with nearly 15 inches of …
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Which animals can best withstand climate change?
Extreme weather such as prolonged drought and heavy rainfall is becoming more and more common as the global average temperature rises—and it will only get worse in the coming decades. …
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60 million years of climate change drove the evolution and diversity of reptiles
Just over 250 million years ago during the end of the Permian period and start of the Triassic, reptiles had one heck of a coming out party. Their rates of …
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Barbados: New UN disaster preparedness hub built on ‘frontlines of climate change’
New York: A new UN-backed humanitarian logistics hub and training centre in Barbados aims to strengthen emergency preparedness and response across the Caribbean, the World Food Programme (WFP) said in …
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Newfoundland wildfires could foretell what climate change has in store for province
A local climatologist reportedly said that the burning of forest fires for more than two weeks in central Newfoundland could be a premonition of what the province could expect as …
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