One in three heat deaths since 1991 linked to climate change – here's how else warming affects our health

Climate change has profound, but often overlooked, consequences for human health.

Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading • conversation
June 1, 2021 • ~6 min

Another dangerous fire season is looming in the Western U.S., and the drought-stricken region is headed for a water crisis

Drought conditions are so bad, fish hatcheries are trucking their salmon to the ocean and ranchers are worried about having enough water for their livestock.

John Abatzoglou, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced • conversation
May 13, 2021 • ~8 min

A dangerous fire season looms as the drought-stricken Western US heads for a water crisis

Drought conditions are so bad, fish hatcheries are trucking their salmon to the ocean and ranchers are worried about having enough water for their livestock.

John Abatzoglou, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced • conversation
May 13, 2021 • ~8 min

A dangerous fire season looms as the drought-stricken Western U.S. heads for a water crisis

Drought conditions are so bad, fish hatcheries are trucking their salmon to the ocean and ranchers are worried about having enough water for their livestock.

John Abatzoglou, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced • conversation
May 13, 2021 • ~7 min

Wildfires are contaminating drinking water systems, and it's more widespread than people realize

An increasing number of communities are discovering dangerous contamination in their water systems weeks or months after fires.

Andrew J. Whelton, Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Director of the Healthy Plumbing Consortium and Center for Plumbing Safety, Purdue University • conversation
May 6, 2021 • ~9 min

How cleaning up coolants can cool the climate – why HFCs are getting phased out from refrigerators and air conditioners

HFCs keep refrigerators cool, but when these short-lived climate pollutants leak, they warm the planet. The US EPA has a plan to phase them out, but what will replace them?

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
May 4, 2021 • ~8 min

Watching a coral reef die as climate change devastates one of the most pristine tropical island areas on Earth

Scientists watched in real time as rising ocean heat transformed the sprawling reef. It was a harbinger for ecosystems everywhere as the planet warms.

Sam Purkis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Miami • conversation
April 29, 2021 • ~9 min

High heat disarms SARS-CoV-2 in less than a second

In less than a second, exposure to high heat can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 so it can't infect another human host.

Texas A&M University • futurity
April 29, 2021 • ~6 min

Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts

Heat waves, droughts and deep freezes can all strain the electric grid, leading utilities to impose rolling blackouts. Climate change is likely to make these events more common.

Michael E. Webber, Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, University of Texas at Austin • conversation
Feb. 16, 2021 • ~9 min

Britain's electricity use is at its lowest for decades – but will never be this low again

Per capita electricity use was higher in the 1970s than today.

Noah Godfrey, Energy Data Analyst - PhD in Modelling Flexibility in Future UK Energy Systems, University of Birmingham • conversation
Jan. 22, 2021 • ~7 min

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