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There’s a growing trend to pave over front gardens.
Governments need to open cool buildings in heatwaves, as part of a wider set of additional responses, research shows.
Annual temperatures are rising in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
Environmental stress systematically activates the psychological vulnerabilities that drive criminal behaviour.
Somalia’s competitiveness in global markets has weakened owing to climate change and conflict.
Increasing temperatures puts a strain on electricity supplies, while bushfire smoke can limit the electricity produced by solar panels. So, what can we do about it?
Reconstructions suggest that rainfall rates may exceed 1.4m per year as a new norm. This would have massive implications for the future of food security in the UK and Ireland.
Smallholder farmers are bearing the brunt of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa. Deliberate steps are required to support them and boost agricultural output,
The forest fires of the summer of 2023 in Québec were devastating. It was the worst year in 50 years. But with climate change, the worst may be yet to come.
Climate change is putting pressure on Ethiopia’s largest city, Addis Ababa, and exposing people to disease and natural disasters.
Climate change is relentless and largely predictable, but it is influenced by natural variability. This means the largest temperature rise usually comes at the end of an El Niño event.
Poorly regulated housing is leading to more greenhouse gas emissions through energy loss, increased energy requirements and greater exposure to weather extremes.
Climate change will increase the frequency of both floods and droughts in Pakistan. To address these challenges, enhancing infrastructure, building dams and educating the public are necessary.
The UK recorded blistering hot temperatures as the US and Europe also experienced sweltering heat waves.
Climate change is modifying the timing of recurrent life-cycle events with critical consequences on ecological and economic levels.
America’s public schools, which are over 40 years old on average, are not equipped to handle rising temperatures due to climate change, a new study reveals.
Much of the US has been experiencing heat waves in recent weeks. An economist explains how the often record-high temperatures can affect the economy.
Climate change has profound, but often overlooked, consequences for human health.
Species can evolve to tolerate higher temperatures – but there’s a ceiling beyond which adaptation isn’t possible.
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Professor of Economics, University of Arizona
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PhD Candidate in evolution, behaviour, ecology and entomology, University of East Anglia
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PhD Research Candidate, Urban Climates Research, UNSW
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Statistician, CSIRO
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Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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Professor of Epidemiology and Data Science, Tufts University
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Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ecophysiology, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Wayne State University
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Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Impact Assessment and Senior Lecturer in Climate Change and Health, , Faculty of Health Science, School of Population Health, Curtin University., Curtin University
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Postdoctorant en paléoécologie, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
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