Many regions across the United States experienced "record-breaking high temperatures" in 2023 due to extreme heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Emergency room ...
As carbon emissions rise, communities across the globe are dealing with increasingly severe and frequent bouts of extreme temperatures. Scientists have observed an eightfold increase in record ...
Heat is the number one weather-related killer. Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. In extreme heat and high humidity, evaporation is slowed and the body must work extra hard to ...
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Twenty million people dead in a heatwave, some poached alive in a lake they hoped to cool off in. It is, for now, science ...
Kareen Fahim, Ali Al-Mujahed and Lorenzo Tugnoli traveled through parts of Hodeida province in northwestern Yemen in August to report on the convergence of extreme heat and hunger. Published Oct ...
Extreme heat has a way of exposing society’s vulnerabilities. And as extreme heat events become more frequent in the U.S., data shows that the poorest Americans will be most at risk. People ...
Working in extreme heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage for pregnant women, according to new research from ...
While the extreme summer temperatures may cause you to overheat, don't let the same thing happen to your medications. Doctors at Baylor College of Medicine say leaving your prescriptions or ...
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