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Billions Of People Could Face Unlivable Temperatures By 2100, Study Finds
It’s getting hot in here — so hot that vulnerable people around the world are soon going to be pushed out of regions where humans have flourished for years. In a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Sustainability, researchers find that about 2 billion people will be at risk of extreme heat by…
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The Worst Climate Disasters of 2022
Countries all over the world saw one climate disaster after another this year.
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England’s Scorching Summer Heat Waves Killed Record Number of Elderly
England baked under several heat waves throughout this summer. It didn’t just push the country into uncomfortable days — the heat waves also caused more than 2,800 additional people aged 65 and up in England to die, according to a new analysis from the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Office for National Statistics.
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This Heat Map of the U.S. Is… Yikes
We knew July was sweltering for the Northern Hemisphere, but this air temperature map based on NASA satellite data really puts it in perspective. The darkest areas represent temperatures around or above 38 degrees Celsius — heat that can easily turn deadly for vulnerable people.