Spending time outside during a heatwave can be sweaty, uncomfortable and even unhealthy, but scientists have developed an innovation that they say could provide relief: clothing that physically cools the body. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a flexible, chalk-based coating that can be added to fabrics. During tests in the scorching… Read More »
A 13-month period in which the Earth broke new average temperature records ended in July as the natural El Nino climate pattern weakened, European climate agency Copernicus announced on Wednesday. But the average temperature for July 2024 narrowly beat that of July the previous year, and scientists said the end of the record-breaking streak changed… Read More »
A record-breaking heatwave at the coldest time on Earth has scientists worried about the future health of the Antarctic continent and the consequences it could have on millions of people around the world. Since mid-July, temperatures have risen 50 degrees Fahrenheit above normal in some parts of Antarctica, and above-season temperatures could continue into the… Read More »
BENI MELLAL, Morocco (AP) — In the relentless heat of Morocco’s Middle Atlas, people were sleeping in attics. Hanna Ouhbour needed shelter, too, but she was outside the hospital waiting for her cousin, a diabetic, in a room with no air conditioning. There were 21 heat-related deaths on Wednesday as temperatures rose to 48.3 degrees… Read More »
It is widely accepted that humans have been warming the planet by burning coal, oil, and natural gas for more than a century. The Earth has warmed almost 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times, and the planet is poised to quickly surpass the hoped-for 1.5 degree Celsius warming limit. But few people… Read More »
It was a shock when British doctor and well-known TV presenter Michael Mosley was found dead after a walk in scorching heat on the Greek island of Symi earlier this month. But this is one of a series of tourist deaths and disappearances in Greece, which suffered a strong heatwave in early summer, with temperatures… Read More »
‘Hot Neptune’ outer planet its atmosphere was found to contain sulfur dioxide; This atmosphere also erupts into space as the planet rotates over its star’s poles in a steeply inclined orbit every three and a half days. Presence of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere of the exoplanet called GJ 3470b, ranked 96th light years from… Read More »
The Earth’s warming rate will reach an all-time high in 2023, with 92% of last year’s astonishing record-breaking heat caused by humans, top scientists have calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what was behind last year’s deadly heat explosion. They said that despite a higher… Read More »
The Earth’s warming rate will reach an all-time high in 2023, with 92% of last year’s astonishing record-breaking heat caused by humans, top scientists have calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what was behind last year’s deadly heat explosion. They said that despite a higher… Read More »
As rising sea temperatures and pollution continue to rapidly degrade the world’s coral reefs unprecedented ratescientists are investigating the feasibility of preserving them in the external environment space. The idea is to store a biorepository (a biobank that cools samples of biological material to low enough temperatures and essentially suspends them in time) inside permanently… Read More »