Tag: Heat
People experiencing homelessness often have nowhere to retreat from the heat » Yale Climate Connections
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During heat waves, people experiencing homelessness are in great danger. Without shelter, they’re more likely to die from heat-related illnesses than the general public....
Grieving parents work to protect student athletes from deadly heat » Yale Climate Connections
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In 2018, a hot, humid, preseason football practice at the University of Maryland resulted in tragedy. Nineteen-year-old offensive lineman Jordan McNair collapsed and later...
Cropped 27 August 2025: ‘Frustrating’ Amazon summit; Workplace heat hazards; Record European wildfires – Carbon Brief
We handpick and explain the most important stories...
Warming due to tropical deforestation linked to 28,000 ‘excess’ deaths per year – Carbon Brief
Warming driven by deforestation caused an extra 28,000...
It’s so hot in the western U.S. that some people are ‘wobbling’ and collapsing to the ground as they walk outside
Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in...
Analysis: England’s most ethnically diverse areas are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat – Carbon Brief
Neighbourhoods in England that are home to the...
‘Not your grandparents’ summers’: 70 million east coast Americans just had the muggiest June and July in history
More than 70 million Americans sweated through the muggiest first two months of summer on record as climate change has noticeably dialed up the...
Why you might get bumped from a flight during a heat wave » Yale Climate Connections
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As the climate warms, some airplanes may need to carry fewer passengers or less cargo.
When an airplane roars down the runway, its engines suck...
July 2025 was the third-hottest ever recorded, EU scientists say
The world experienced its third-warmest July on record this year, the European Union agency that tracks global warming said Thursday, with temperatures easing slightly...
4 billion people experienced a whole extra month of extreme heat in the past year » Yale Climate Connections
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From Mexico to Mongolia, Sweden to South Africa …
Singh: “Many, many, many people across the globe are feeling the effects of extreme heat that...
