Tag: Heat wave
To protect people in the Great Lakes region from climate extremes,...
Nicholas Rajkovich, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
This story is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.
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Adapting cities to a hotter world: 3 essential reads
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Heat waves can be deadly, especially when they combine high temperatures with elevated humidity levels that make the air feel even...
Reclaiming lost calories: Tweaking photosynthesis boosts crop yields
Amanda Cavanagh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
What if your ability to feed yourself was dependent on a process that made a mistake 20 percent...
Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47...
Paul South, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Can you imagine the entire population of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom and France...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
