Is it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?
Long before thermometers, nature left its own temperature records. A climate scientist explains how ongoing global warming compares with ancient temperatures.
Darrell Kaufman, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University •
conversation
July 21, 2023 • ~7 min
July 21, 2023 • ~7 min
How to make homes cooler without cranking up the air conditioning
Air con uses lots of energy – try these things first.
Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford
• conversation
July 20, 2023 • ~7 min
July 20, 2023 • ~7 min
Northern Europe faces biggest relative increase in uncomfortable heat and is dangerously unprepared -- new research
Rising temperatures threaten the UK, Switzerland and Norway with more uncomfortably hot days – new research.
Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford
• conversation
July 14, 2023 • ~6 min
July 14, 2023 • ~6 min
Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs
Water temperatures in the 90s off Florida in July are alarming, a NOAA coral scientist writes. Scientists in several North American countries have already spotted coral bleaching off their coasts.
Ian Enochs, Research Ecologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration •
conversation
July 14, 2023 • ~8 min
July 14, 2023 • ~8 min
Weather forecast accuracy is crucial in a heat wave – 1 degree can mean the difference between life and death
Three economists looked at years of temperature and death data and calculated the costs when forecasts miss the mark.
Laura Bakkensen, Associate Professor of Economics and Policy, University of Arizona •
conversation
July 13, 2023 • ~7 min
July 13, 2023 • ~7 min
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