Tag: climate change
If you thought this summer’s heat waves were bad, a new...
David Battisti, University of Washington
As global temperatures rise, people in the tropics, including places like India and Africa’s...
Next US energy boom could be wind power in the Gulf...
Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin and Hugh Daigle, University of Texas at Austin
With passage of...
Influential oil company scenarios for combating climate change don’t actually meet...
Robert Brecha, University of Dayton and Gaurav Ganti, Humboldt University of Berlin
Several major oil companies, including BP and...
Conditions in prisons during heat waves pose deadly threats to incarcerated...
J. Carlee Purdum, Texas A&M University
Extreme heat is taking an increasing toll across the U.S. in summertime. People...
58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change...
Tristan McKenzie, University of Gothenburg; Camilo Mora, University of Hawaii, and Hannah von Hammerstein, University of Hawaii
Climate change...
Do chemicals in sunscreens threaten aquatic life? A new report says...
Robert Richmond, University of Hawaii and Karen Glanz, University of Pennsylvania
Studies have shown that the same active ingredients...
The UN just declared a universal human right to a healthy,...
Joel E. Correia, University of Florida
Climate change is already affecting much of the world’s population, with startlingly high...
How to keep athletes safe from heat illness as high school...
Susan Yeargin, University of South Carolina
As temperatures rise, heat illnesses are becoming an increasing risk for athletes, particularly...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
