Climate

Increasing Global Heatwave Hotspots Defy Climate Model Predictions

A recent study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has identified regions globally experiencing extreme heatwaves surpassing…

1 year ago

It might be wrecking the climate, but carbon dioxide is actually good for your cells

The cells in our bodies are like bustling cities, running on an iron-powered system that uses hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) not…

1 year ago

Climate change and eye maladies

Clinical visits by patients suffering ocular surface eye conditions more than doubled during times when ambient particulate matter from air…

1 year ago

‘Chonkus’ Algae Found Off Italian Coast Holds Promise for Improve Climate Change Situation

A novel strain of cyanobacteria, informally called “Chonkus,” has been identified in hydrothermal waters off Italy's Vulcano Island, sparking interest…

1 year ago

How prisons fall short in protecting the incarcerated from climate disasters

Blistering heat, freezing cold, and overflowing sewage water: These were the living conditions that formerly incarcerated people in Colorado said…

1 year ago

Climate change parching the American West even without rainfall deficits

Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought into an exceptional drought that parched the American West…

1 year ago

When is a heat wave just a heat wave, and when is it climate change?

When extreme weather events occur, can we tell if they’re directly attributable to climate change? A new study used the…

1 year ago

Discovery of 3,775-year-old preserved log supports ‘wood vaulting’ as a climate solution

A new study published in the journal Science suggests that an ordinary old log could help refine strategies to tackle…

2 years ago

Climate change likely to increase diarrheal disease hospitalizations by 2100s in Dhaka, Bangladesh

By 2100, hospitalizations from diarrheal diseases are predicted to increase in the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh as a result…

2 years ago

Climate reporting standards insufficient, must be expanded, say experts

A new paper from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford concludes that current climate standards…

2 years ago