Tag: heat
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...
How hot is too hot for the human body? Our lab...
W. Larry Kenney, Penn State; Daniel Vecellio, Penn State; Rachel Cottle, Penn State, and S. Tony Wolf, Penn State
Climate change is putting food safety at risk more often, and...
Elena N. Naumova, Tufts University
Every year, almost 1 in 6 Americans gets a foodborne illness, and about 3,000...
Grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US offers warnings for the...
Imtiaz Rangwala, University of Colorado Boulder
Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting...
Ocean heat is at record levels, with major consequences
Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland
The world witnessed record-breaking climate and weather disasters in 2021, from destructive flash floods...
Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and...
Emily Johnson, US Geological Survey
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
When hotter and drier means more – but eventually less –...
Maureen C Kennedy, University of Washington; Don McKenzie, University of Washington, and Jeremy Littell, US Geological Survey
There is...
Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
Hessam AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randolph E. Kirchain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When heat waves hit, people...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
