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Airport, farm, and fast-food workers rally for better heat protections

Airport workers in Phoenix and farm workers in California said access to water and shade or AC is l…

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Delhi’s month-long battle with heatwaves continues as heat index soars past 50°C; monsoon nowhere in sight

As of today, deadly heatwaves have retained their unforgiving grip on Delhi for nearly 10 days and …

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Scientists are trying to make cows sweatier to help protect the world against climate change

The problem is that when cattle get too hot, they stop eating. This decline in appetite will affect…

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Heatwaves in Hajj: Here’s all about the devastating episode that killed nearly 1000 pilgrims in Saudi Arabia

The latest climate atrocity has befallen the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, where blistering h…

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Scientists found an underground cave on the moon where astronauts could live and think there may be hundreds more

Scientists have discovered that the moon contains a vast underground cave on the side of a deep pit…

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June warmest on record; every month since July 2023 breached 1.5 deg C threshold

According to scientists at C3S, every month since June last year has been the warmest such month…

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Weight disqualification: 6 extreme things athletes do to avoid getting disqualified from their weight categories

Weight-related disqualifications, while extremely unfortunate, are regrettably common. Athletes com…

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Feeling like nights are getting too uncomfortable? New report confirms that nighttime temperatures aren’t dipping enough

Historically, cities would cool down considerably at night, providing much-needed relief from the d…

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NYC gets hit by the biggest snowstorm in 2 years. It's part of a growing trend of extreme weather events.

After a springlike weekend, NYC gets whiplashed by the biggest snowstorm in 2 years. Experts say it…

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Cyclone 'Remal' intensifies into severe cyclonic storm; To hit West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts Sunday night

Cyclone 'Remal' has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and is expected to make landfall betwe…

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May heat wave in India 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than warmest heat wave

"The temperature changes show that similar events produce temperatures in the present climate…

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Heat-related injuries to workers in the Americas have soared since 2000, study finds

Extreme heat is taking a toll on the global economy and workers around the world. The Americas have…

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Passenger vehicle retail sales dip 1% in May as excessive heat, elections impact demand: FADA

"Dealers cited the impact of elections, extreme heat and market liquidity issues as major facto…

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See Elon Musk's Starship shredding apart as it descends to Earth, with a whole fin almost ripping off

Starship started falling apart as it plummeted into the ocean. But Elon Musk and SpaceX still consi…

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Starship lands in the ocean with its engines firing for the first time, bringing Elon Musk one step closer to Mars

Starship already proved it could fly into space. Now it's shown the world it can come back in mostl…

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Extreme weather blunts the US military's technological edge

More extreme weather due to climate change is scrambling the high-tech systems that have given the …

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Extreme heat could make photosynthesis impossible for tropical trees and plants that may all die as a result, a new study found.

Extreme heat messes with tropical trees' photosynthesis, causing the plants to die, a study found. …

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How a 1,000-year-old system of irrigation channels could help protect Spain from extreme heat

A chain of over 15,000 miles of acequias throughout the mountainous region of Spain is being restor…

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NASA's Webb Space Telescope discovered 3 rare galaxies that can help astronomers study the cosmic dark ages

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted three galaxies forming when the universe was about only 4…

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Indo-Gangetic Plains, home to half the Indian population, to soon become hotspot of extreme climate events: study

The study suggests that the Plains could face increased risks of crop failure due to rising tempera…