Category: 🧬 Human Stability & Adaptive Capacity
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Boston homes were built for winter. That’s becoming a problem.
Residences are retaining more heat as the city’s summers heat up. The post Boston homes were built for winter. That’s becoming a problem. appeared…
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It’s getting more dangerous for kids to play summer sports
As the climate warms, young athletes face growing risks of heat illness – especially in communities without air-conditioned practice spaces. The post It’s getting…
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Exquisite sculpture points spotlight on a Pacific island that drowned
This beautiful artwork of climate activist Gladys Bartlett is a reminder of the fate of Kale Island, her former home. It is part of…
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Q&A: Europe’s May and June heatwave deaths – and how they were counted
Recent weeks have seen a flurry of reports from public health authorities and scientists that… The post Q&A: Europe’s May and June heatwave deaths…
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Guest post: France’s June heatwave caused more than 2,700 heat-related deaths
In June 2026, a record-breaking heatwave swept across Europe, with France among the first and… The post Guest post: France’s June heatwave caused more…
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It is vital we understand heat and humidity’s differing effects on us
The impact of high humidity on top of high temperatures is often underappreciated, but most of us aren’t prepared for such extreme conditions, which…
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5 graphs that show how heatwaves are getting more dangerous
Longer-lasting hot spells and high temperatures at night are making it harder to cope, leading to thousands more deaths from extreme heat
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Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat
For the second time in two months, western and central Europe has been hit by a record-breaking heatwave. Temperature records have toppled in multiple…
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Europe’s heatwave is the hottest and most humid ever
The current temperatures in western and central Europe would have been virtually impossible 50 years ago, and unprecedented humidity levels make this heatwave especially…
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If you aren’t terrified by this heatwave, you should be
The extreme heat currently being felt in Europe isn’t the new normal – much worse is to come, and we are doing far too…
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