heat waves

Police Tear-Gas Climate Activists in Paris on ‘Hottest Day in History of France’

Police Tear-Gas Climate Activists in Paris on ‘Hottest Day in History of France’

By Andrea Germanos French riot police tear-gassed climate protesters in Paris on Friday as the county sweltered under record heat. Activists with Extinction Rebellion (XR) were occupying a bridge over the Seine to demand the French government declare a climate emergency and take necessary action to avert planetary catastrophe. “We need to civilly disrupt because, […]

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    Tens of Thousands Flee Extreme Heatwave in India as Temperatures Topping 120°F Kill Dozens Across Country

    Tens of Thousands Flee Extreme Heatwave in India as Temperatures Topping 120°F Kill Dozens Across Country

    By Julia Conley Nearly 50 people died on Saturday in one Indian state as record-breaking heatwaves across the country have caused an increasingly desperate situation. Officials in Bihar reported that as of Monday, 76 people in total had died of heat-related conditions as temperatures in the region hovered around 113 degrees Fahrenheit. Hospitals have increasingly […]

    Wildfire Prompts Evacuation at Magic Mountain Amusement Park

    Wildfire Prompts Evacuation at Magic Mountain Amusement Park

    The climate crisis is now invading amusement parks. A wildfire that erupted Sunday near Los Angeles forced evacuations from the Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor parks, NBC News reported. “I was getting iced coffee and when I walked outside, ash was raining down on me,” Rachel Gallat, who was visiting a […]

    A Heat Wave in Australia Killed 23,000 Spectacled Flying Foxes

    A Heat Wave in Australia Killed 23,000 Spectacled Flying Foxes

    By Jason Bittel Weighing up to two pounds and with wingspans approaching five feet, spectacled flying foxes are among the largest bats in the world. Now imagine what it would be like if 23,000 of them fell out of the trees and onto, say, your car or backyard pool. That’s what happened last November on […]

    Marine Heat Waves Could Threaten Dolphin Survival, Study Suggests

    Marine Heat Waves Could Threaten Dolphin Survival, Study Suggests

    Climate change could have a deadly impact on dolphins and other marine mammals. That’s the saddening implication of a study published in Current Biology Monday. Researchers looked at what happened when a marine heat wave scorched waters off the coast of Western Australia in 2011. What they found was that the survival rate of dolphins […]

    More Than 70,000 People Hospitalized Amid Record-Breaking Heat in Japan

    More Than 70,000 People Hospitalized Amid Record-Breaking Heat in Japan

    An ongoing heatwave has sent a record 71,266 people to hospitals across Japan between April 30 and Aug. 5 with 138 people dying from heat-related illnesses, The Japan Times reported, citing the nation’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency. The busy capital of Tokyo saw the highest number of people taken to hospitals, at 5,994. Osaka […]

    The Health Risks of Our Sweltering Summers

    The Health Risks of Our Sweltering Summers

    By Vijay Limaye and Kim Knowlton The health threats of climate change are on full display this summer as communities around the world deal with record-breaking heat. Carbon pollution driving climate change is causing significant human suffering by making extremely hot days more common, and increasing the frequency and severity of drought and dangerous wildfires. […]