People aren’t the only ones harmed by heat waves. The hotter it gets, the harder it is for machines to keep their cool.
A chemist explains how the structure of your hair follicles, your genetic code and environmental factors like humidity influence how hair behaves on a day-to-day basis.
Twenty-five years of research show what it takes to fuel wildland firefighters through an average day, and the toll the long seasonal work takes on their bodies.
Thermostats don’t tell the whole truth about heat, particularly in older homes.
Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.
Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.
The US population is getting older, and temperatures are rising. It can be a lethal combination, as three health and climate change researchers explain.
Three economists looked at years of temperature and death data and calculated the costs when forecasts miss the mark.
Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.
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