Why sizzling cities are mapping hot spots street by street
Knowable Magazine reports on how in metros like Reno, Nevada, citizen scientists hit the road to collect detailed temperature ...
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Heat waves speed up aging in older adults
LOS ANGELES — As climate change intensifies heat waves across America, scientists have uncovered a disturbing connection between outdoor heat and how quickly our bodies age at the biological level.
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Citizen Scientists Are Hitting the Streets of the Country's Fastest-Warming Cities to Collect Detailed Temperature Data
As climate change brings more intense, more frequent and longer-lasting heat waves, heat-related illnesses and deaths also climb. High-resolution maps can alert officials to spots facing the greatest ...
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Climate Change Made South Sudan’s Heat Wave 10 Times as Likely, Study Finds
Climate change, largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels in rich nations, made at least one week of that heat wave 10 times as likely, and 2 degrees Celsius hotter, according to a new study ...
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Extreme heat may be accelerating aging in older adults: Study
These findings are raising concerns among scientists about how climate change and heat waves might be deteriorating bodily processes at the molecular level and impacting long-term health.