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Great Barrier Reef Experiences ‘Widespread’ Bleaching

Great Barrier Reef Experiences ‘Widespread’ Bleaching

The coral of the Great Barrier Reef is experiencing “widespread” bleaching just two years after the reef’s last mass bleaching event in 2020. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said Friday it had observed the bleaching after conducting surveillance flights over the 1,243-mile reef, as AFP reported.  “Bleaching has been detected across the Marine […]

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    There’s a Heatwave at the Arctic ‘Doomsday Vault’

    There’s a Heatwave at the Arctic ‘Doomsday Vault’

    By Johnny Wood What better place to build a Doomsday Vault than the remote, snow-covered islands of Norway’s Arctic Svalbard? Sitting around 1,000 kilometers from the North Pole, the facility is buried in permafrost to protect the precious seed samples housed there. But a freak heatwave is causing the region’s ice to melt. Following several […]

    How NYC Is Protecting Residents From Extreme Heat

    How NYC Is Protecting Residents From Extreme Heat

    On hot days in New York City, residents swelter when they’re outside and in their homes. The heat is not just uncomfortable. It can be fatal. “Extreme heat is actually the deadliest extreme weather event we face in New York City,” says Jainey Bavishi of the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency. Heat waves are […]

    Intense Heat Wave Bakes Much of the U.S.

    Intense Heat Wave Bakes Much of the U.S.

    A heat wave that set in over the South and Southwest left much of the U.S. blanketed in record-breaking triple digit temperatures over the weekend. The widespread and intense heat wave will last for weeks, making the magnitude and duration of its heat impressive, according to The Washington Post. The heat wave brought temperatures that […]

    Air Conditioners Contribute to ‘Energy Poverty,’ New Study Finds

    Air Conditioners Contribute to ‘Energy Poverty,’ New Study Finds

    By Emma Charlton The effects of climate change may more far-reaching than you think. Hotter temperatures have been linked to a rise in energy poverty, with more people struggling to meet their energy bills from their household income, according to a new study published on ScienceDirect by researchers from Italy’s Ca’ Foscari University. New #research […]

    A Siberian Town Just Hit 100 F Degrees

    A Siberian Town Just Hit 100 F Degrees

    A town in Siberia recorded a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, or 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit Saturday. If verified, it will break the record both for the town itself and for everywhere north of the Arctic Circle, The Weather Channel reported. It also comes as Siberia has experienced an exceptionally warm 2020 so far. “What’s happening […]

    How to Identify Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion Symptoms

    How to Identify Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion Symptoms

    By Sara Peach When your body gets too hot, you may experience a heat-related illness such as heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Such illnesses can be dangerous. In fact, on average, there are more heat-related deaths in the U.S. each year than hurricane- or flood-related fatalities combined. But heat exhaustion and heat stroke are preventable. […]

    One-Third of Humanity Could Live in Sahara-Level Heat by 2070

    One-Third of Humanity Could Live in Sahara-Level Heat by 2070

    If nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, one third of humanity could live in conditions as hot as the Sahara Desert by 2070. This sobering conclusion, published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday, was based on an international study of the climate conditions humans have preferred over the past […]