Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and more deadly

Heatwaves are happening more often and are becoming more deadly, a new study shows.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Aug. 28, 2023 ~9 min

How to protect your dog from heatstroke

Dogs can easily suffer heatstroke during the summer months. An expert offers tips how to keep your pooch cool when it gets hot.

Jennifer Gauntt - Texas A&M • futurity
July 27, 2023 ~6 min


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

Birds clarify evolutionary ‘dance’ between size and temp

A new study clarifies the relationship between temperatures and changes in the size of the body parts of animals.

Esther Robards-Forbes - UT Austin • futurity
July 20, 2023 ~6 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

Risk of snake bite rises with the temperature

In the state of Georgia, the risk of snake bite increases 6% for every degree Celsius that daily temperatures rise, report researchers.

Rob Spahr-Emory • futurity
July 18, 2023 ~6 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

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


European heatwave: what’s causing it and is climate change to blame?

Europe is gripped by a heatwave called Cerberus - it may be a sign of things to come.

Ben Vivian, Assistant Professor in Sustainability & Environmental Management, Coventry University • conversation
July 14, 2023 ~7 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

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