Heat Contributed to 47,000 Deaths in Europe Last Year. Relief Programs Helped
"More than 47,000 Europeans died from heat-related causes during 2023, the world’s hottest year on record, a new report in Nature Medicine has found."
"More than 47,000 Europeans died from heat-related causes during 2023, the world’s hottest year on record, a new report in Nature Medicine has found."
"An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming."
"Dozens of tree planting campaigns are launched in different countries annually to help suck CO2 out of the air. But often, there is no real climate benefit. What is going wrong and how can it be done better?"
"Endorsements for Vice President Harris are rolling in from environmental groups who see her as a strong potential ally on issues like climate change."
"Legal action aims to force criminal justice department to air condition prisons, where 85,000 are at risk of heat illnesses"
"The disturbance is predicted to be a strengthening Tropical Storm Ernesto across the northern Leeward Islands on Tuesday and near Puerto Rico on Wednesday."
"To judge by recent Supreme Court decisions, the world didn’t know much about climate change a half century ago."
"In hundreds of U.S. cities and towns, extreme rainfalls are overwhelming outdated sewer systems, flooding waterways with untreated sewage."