Climate change making heat waves more common; sharks can help with hurricane forecasts
Recent hot spells could not have happened without the continuing buildup of warming gases in the air, researchers say.
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As heat records fall, how hot is too hot for the human body?
Scientists have become alarmed about the increasing frequency of extreme heat paired with high humidity.
Canada’s extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future
New research on the Arctic fire seasons of 2019 and 2020 points to a trend of underground fires known as ...
Algae blooms, record heat: Florida climate change puts us all in movie with bad ending
Like the comet in "Don’t Look Up," Floridians are finding it harder and harder to ignore what they can see ...
Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs
Marine heat waves are becoming more common and more extreme, with potentially devastating consequences for coral reefs.
Climate change is worsening the world’s refugee crisis. Here’s one way leaders can help
Today there are millions of climate refugees and estimates suggest that there will be more than 1 billion by 2050.
How climate change is causing a communication breakdown in the animal world
Research has shown that climate change is changing chemical communication in marine, freshwater and land-based species.
Know how to deal with this scorching summer
The earth is getting hotter, and climate experts predict that it will continue to do so.
How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves
Everything you need to know about the science linking global warming to extreme heat.
Warming climate will expand mosquito’s realm
John Beier of the University of Miami answers questions about climate change’s impact on mosquitoes, malaria cases in Florida.