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Deaths at Hajj and Big Events Highlight Failures to Adjust to Heat

June 25, 2024 - 13:51
The deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj point to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings.
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Three Ideas to Beat the Heat, and the People Who Made Them Happen

June 25, 2024 - 10:01
As temperatures soar around the world, practical experiments are emerging to protect people.
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Hajj Deaths in Saudi Arabia: What to Know

June 24, 2024 - 16:14
The number of deaths during the annual Islamic pilgrimage raised questions about Saudi Arabia’s preparations for intense heat and unregistered participants.
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Extreme Wildfires Have Doubled in 2 Decades, Study Finds

June 24, 2024 - 15:08
In a changing climate, extreme wildfire events are becoming far more common and more intense, according to a new analysis.
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A Global Push Fixed the Ozone Hole. Satellites Could Threaten It.

June 24, 2024 - 11:05
A sharp increase in hardware orbiting Earth could mean more harmful metals lingering in the atmosphere, according to a new study.
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Dilema en Wall Street: ¿ganancias a corto plazo o beneficios climáticos?

June 24, 2024 - 05:02
Los gestores de carteras tienen incentivos contradictorios mientras los riesgos económicos y financieros causados por el cambio climático se hacen más evidentes pero siguen siendo imprecisos.
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As Heat Wave Bakes New Jersey, Residents Asked to Reduce Water Use

June 23, 2024 - 17:45
The heat was especially oppressive in urban areas of New Jersey, a state that climate experts say is warming at a faster rate than others in the Northeast.
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Thousands of Michigan Residents Weather Days Without Power During Heat Wave

June 22, 2024 - 17:00
A storm left about 9,000 people without power for three days.
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Hawaii Settles With Young Plaintiffs in Climate Case

June 21, 2024 - 15:52
The state agreed to take steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. It’s the latest of several victories for youth-led climate lawsuits.
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Oil Projects Must Consider Full Climate Impact, Top U.K. Court Rules

June 21, 2024 - 15:37
Previously, local council and planning groups in Britain had to weigh only the planet-warming emissions from their own operations.
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Tras un huracán, unos monos belicosos se volvieron más amables

June 21, 2024 - 14:53
El cambio de comportamiento social fue documentado en un nuevo estudio, que desafía la imagen de los macacos Rhesus como competitivos y jerárquicos.
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Los pesticidas son el sospechoso principal del declive de las mariposas

June 21, 2024 - 14:27
Los insecticidas usados en cultivos de maíz y soya ejercieron el mayor impacto sobre el tamaño y la diversidad de las poblaciones de mariposas, según un estudio.
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Heat Waves: Workers May Die. Here’s How to Save Them.

June 21, 2024 - 13:23
Laws aren’t keeping pace with the risks climate change poses to workers laboring under sweltering conditions.
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A Chemical-Sniffing Van Shows How Heat Amps Up Pollution

June 21, 2024 - 10:44
In heat waves, chemicals like formaldehyde and ozone can form more readily in the air, according to researchers driving mobile labs in New York City this week.
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Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions

June 21, 2024 - 10:06
People all over the world are facing severe heat, floods and fire, aggravated by the use of fossil fuels. The year isn’t halfway done.
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NYC Adapts as Global Warming Leads to Extreme Weather Earlier in the Year

June 21, 2024 - 03:00
Global warming has led to more extreme weather earlier and later in the year, causing New Yorkers to rethink their relationship to the seasonal calendar.
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Amazon Says It Will Stop Using Plastic Pillows in Shipments

June 20, 2024 - 17:49
They’ll be replaced in North America with paper packing, eliminating some 15 billion pillows a year. Plastic film is a major pollutant.
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El calentamiento global hizo más probable la ola de calor en EE. UU. y México, según un estudio

June 20, 2024 - 14:47
El calor extremo que se ha sentido en esta región del continente en mayo y junio fue 35 veces más probable debido al calentamiento global causado por el humano.
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TV Weather Gets Political

June 20, 2024 - 14:21
On-air meteorologists have become a target in the culture wars as they report on the effects of climate change.
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George Woodwell, Influential Ecologist on Climate Change, Dies at 95

June 20, 2024 - 14:19
The founder of the renowned Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts, he also helped shape U.S. policies on controlling toxic substances like DDT.
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