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Texas natural-gas prices turn negative despite soaring heatwave temperatures
Traders told Reuters that the negative prices are due to planned pipeline maintenance from Kinder M…
Filip De Mott
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The heatwave in California has gotten so bad that an Amazon delivery driver jumped into a customer's pool, fully clothed
But it wasn't a dip on a whim. The customer had left a note for the driver saying, 'If you want to …
Kai Xiang Teo
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Air-conditioning hacks: The do's and really-don't-ever's of keeping cool during a hot summer
With temperatures soaring, residents must find creative ways to operate their air conditioners. But…
Jordan Hart
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The most effective and cheap ways to cool your body during a heat wave, according to scientists
Two scientists told Insider how the body reacts in extreme heat, and what science says is the best …
Marianne Guenot
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Summer of extreme weather continues, with deadly floods in Kentucky and St. Louis, and a heat-wave emergency in Oregon
More than 85 million Americans were under a heat warning, while areas of eastern Kentucky and St. L…
Katie Anthony,Morgan McFall-J…
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A family of bears marched past a crowd to cool off in Lake Tahoe - a cute, but terrifying, example of our climate-crisis dystopia
As the climate-crisis rapidly forces humans and wildlife together in new ways, such encounters will…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Erin Sn…
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43 bodies have been found near the US-Mexico border in Arizona as a heat wave grips the area
The remains of 43 people have been discovered along Arizona's border region last month, said the no…
Natalie Musumeci
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The US is experiencing 'wet bulb' heat, which can be deadly even to healthy people
Wet bulb conditions - when heat and humidity are both so high that sweat doesn't evaporate - are oc…
Andrea Michelson
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The WHO warned this summer's expected heatwaves will be especially dangerous during lockdown
Heat can trigger exhaustion and heat stroke, and can aggravate existing conditions, the World Healt…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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'Hell is coming': Western Europe braces for unprecedented heatwave that could turn deadly
Stefan Rahmstorf, a climatologist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research told The Ass…
Alexandra Ma
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Heat waves are dominating summer, killing thousands, and fueling wildfires. The world needs to prepare for more.
Europe is suffering its third heat wave this summer, and it's not alone. The new norm is simultaneo…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Extreme heat is straining Texas's power grid and fueling Yosemite fires. It's forecast to last 2 more weeks.
Yosemite's giant sequoias and Texas's power grid are both under threat as a persistent heat wave mo…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Rare flamingos in England laid eggs for the first time in 15 years - and experts are saying it's because of Europe's heatwave
"With the Andeans in full parenting mode, we gave them Chilean chicks to bring up as their own," av…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Paris opened extra swimming pools, set up mist machines - and postponed thousands of school exams - ahead of a killer heatwave looming over Europe
The Guardian reported that the mayor said some of the city's swimming pools would stay open after 1…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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People are flocking to Colorado for the great outdoors, but air pollution is leading to more days when residents are stuck inside
Traffic, oil and gas, and wildfires are taking a toll on the fresh mountain air of Colorado, where …