As intense temperatures break records around the world, a little-known fact offers hope for cooling cities: Even during the height of extreme heat, some city blocks never experience a heat wave. How is this possible? Civilizations have recognized for centuries the power of cities to heat and cool themselves. City architects in ancient Rome wanted… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Levena Lindahl closes all rooms during the summer months, covers windows with blackout curtains and budgets for air conditioning to manage the monthly cost of electricity. But heat still gets in. “Going up there is like walking into soup. It’s so hot,” Lindahl said. “If I walk past the attic upstairs, you… 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 »
A top public health advisor has warned that the climate emergency poses a “real risk” to Spain’s traditional mass tourism model, as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves hit the country’s most popular coastal areas. Héctor Tejero, head of health and climate change at Spain’s Health Ministry, said the increasingly obvious physical impacts of the… Read More »
By the first month of summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population had experienced at least one extreme heat wave, and millions of people were under heat warnings, with forecasts warning of more to come. In early July, Death Valley reached temperatures of 125 degrees Fahrenheit (51.7 Celsius) or higher for nine days.… Read More »
With less than a month until the start of summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has experienced an extreme heat wave. By early July, millions of people in the western U.S. were under heat warnings or sweating from humid heat in the East. Death Valley reached a dangerous 129 degrees Fahrenheit (53.9… Read More »
With less than a month until the start of summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has experienced an extreme heat wave. By early July, millions of people in the western U.S. were under heat warnings or sweating from humid heat in the East. Death Valley reached a dangerous 129 degrees Fahrenheit (53.9… Read More »
With less than a month until the start of summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has experienced an extreme heat wave. By early July, millions of people in the western U.S. were under heat warnings or sweating from humid heat in the East. Death Valley reached a dangerous 129 degrees Fahrenheit (53.9… Read More »
Earth’s record-breaking streak of warmest months for more than a year continued in June, according to European climate research agency Copernicus. There is hope that the planet’s record-breaking heatwave will soon end, but the climate chaos it has brought is far from over, scientists said. Global temperatures in June hit a record high for the… Read More »
JAMMU, India (AP) — The foul stench of burning garbage wafts for miles from a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, a potentially toxic haze fueled by the plastic, industrial, medical and other waste produced by a city of about 740,000 people. But a handful of garbage collectors are ignoring both the smoke and… Read More »