4 factors driving 2023's extreme heat and climate disasters

The bad news: This extreme heat is probably going to stick around for a couple more years.

Michael Wysession, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
July 27, 2023 • ~10 min

Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults – an aging population and climate change put ever more people at risk

Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.

Ian Sue Wing, Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University • conversation
July 25, 2023 • ~8 min

Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults, and an aging population and climate change are putting ever more people at risk

Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.

Ian Sue Wing, Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University • conversation
July 25, 2023 • ~8 min

Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults – an aging population and climate change are putting ever more people at risk

The US population is getting older, and temperatures are rising. It can be a lethal combination, as three health and climate change researchers explain.

Ian Sue Wing, Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University • conversation
July 25, 2023 • ~8 min

How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world

An engineer who managed dams for years explains the tradeoffs operators make as they decide when to release water and how much to stay safe.

Riley Post, PhD Candidate in Water Resources Engineering, University of Iowa • conversation
July 25, 2023 • ~9 min

How birds track their weather ‘niche’

Some migratory birds seek the same weather conditions all year long to avoid the changing seasons. New research digs into how.

Bess Connolly Martell-Yale • futurity
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

How to keep your mood up in summer heat

Seasonal depression isn't limited to dark, cold, and gloomy winters. Here are tips for keeping your mood up when summer temperatures rise.

Logan Burtch-Buus • futurity
July 20, 2023 • ~7 min

Using green banks to solve America’s affordable housing crisis – and climate change at the same time

Massachusetts is establishing the first US green bank dedicated to sustainable affordable housing. Three experts in climate finance explain why better housing can help rein in global warming.

Seth Owusu-Mante, Research Fellow in International Development, Tufts University • conversation
July 18, 2023 • ~10 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

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