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Heat risk isn’t just about the highs: Large daily temperature swings can harm human health – maps show who is affected most

Low-income neighborhoods with lots of concrete and few trees can heat up faster than surrounding areas. AP Photo/Richard Vogel By Shengjie Liu, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Emily Smith-Greenaway, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences This summer has shown how quickly high temperatures can pose serious health risks, with record-breaking heat waves claiming thousands of lives around the world. However, it’s not just high […]

todayAugust 7, 2024 26

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Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains extreme heat and the role of climate change

Heat waves can get dangerously hot, especially when it’s also humid. gjohnstonphoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus     By Scott Denning, Colorado State University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. My parents said the planet is getting too hot for people to live here. They called it climate change. What does that mean? – […]

todayJune 17, 2024 13

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UN Secretary General calls for a ban on fossil fuel ad-vertising

    The UN Secretary General says governments must ban fossil fuel advertising. Antonio Guterres addressed a gathering at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on Wednesday. His address comes as scientists released new data suggesting that May marks 12 months straight of record temperatures.   Jody Jacobs reports from New York:  

todayJune 6, 2024 26

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India praises vote conduct with Modi tipped to win

        By Abhaya SRIVASTAVA India's election commission said Monday a staggering 642 million people voted in just-concluded six-week-long polls, a day ahead of the results which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win. Nearly all observers believe Modi's appeals to Hindu nationalist sentiment will give him a third term in power, a decade after he first took office. Exit polls show 73-year-old Modi is well […]

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