When One Disaster Triggers Another: How Cascading Climate Risks Are Breaking North American Cities
A new comparative review of cities in Canada, the United States, and Mexico finds that compound and cascading climate risks ...
Tag: extreme heat
Losing Water and Paving Cities Drive the Fastest Urban Heat Warming, Satellite Study Finds
A two-decade satellite analysis of 100 global cities shows that losing water bodies and expanding impervious surfaces amplify urban extreme ...
Millions of rescued handwritten records reveal Congo Basin warming
Scientists digitized nearly 10,000 handwritten weather sheets from Congolese archives, producing over one million daily observations that reveal clear warming ...
Air Pollution and Cold Team Up to Sharply Raise Heart Death Risk, Major Study Finds
A study of over 111,000 cardiovascular deaths in China reveals that fine particulate matter and extreme cold amplify each other's ...
Urban Heat Is a Development Crisis, Not Just a Weather Problem, Scientists Warn
A new PLOS Climate essay argues that urban heat in fast-growing Global South cities must be treated as a structural ...
Heat Sends Far More Californians to the Emergency Room Than Official Counts Suggest
A 13-year analysis of nearly 130 million California emergency department visits shows heat drives far more illness than official counts ...
AI Weather Models Race Physics Models to Predict Heat Deaths in Europe
A new study comparing AI-based and physics-based weather forecasts finds both systematically underestimate heat-related mortality in Europe, but data-driven models ...
Climate Change Is Quietly Rewriting Human Health and How Our Medicines Work
A new PLOS Climate review finds that extreme heat and climate change increase disease across every major organ system while ...
Extreme Heat Poses Rising Deadly Threat to Older Americans as Policies Lag Behind
A new policy analysis finds that financial, structural, and regional barriers leave many older Americans dangerously exposed to extreme heat ...
Dense Sensor Network and Bayesian Modeling Reveal Hidden Urban Heat Hotspots in Toronto
A two-year network of 114 sensors across the Greater Toronto Area, combined with Bayesian synthetic heatwave simulation and machine learning, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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