Should We Let Prisoners Die of Heat?
Heat waves and high temperatures are becoming more common globally, and it's predicted that new record temperatures may be reached ...
Tag: Extreme Heat
Toward a Systemic Adaptation to Heat
Climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, and the overall alteration of the environment constitute a major threat to the physical and mental health of ...
Europe’s Worst Drought in at Least 500 Years Continues
Droughts affect nearly 55 million people globally every year. This year, they have affected the whole of Europe. Since early ...
Evidence Keeps Piling Up: Humans Worsen 71% of Extreme Weather Events
Over the last two decades, a field of climate-science research known as “extreme event attribution” has flourished providing bewildering insights ...
Extreme Heat Makes Pregnancy More Dangerous
This story originally appeared on Yale Climate Connections and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening ...
Climate Resilience in Africa: Chief Heat Officer Appointed in Sierra Leone
As extreme heat claims more and more lives, Freetown, Sierra Leone, has appointed Africa’s first Chief Heat Officer, Eugenia Kargbo. ...
Canada’s British Columbia Sees Increase in Deaths Amid Extreme Heatwave
Over the past five days, British Columbia, a province in Canada, faced an almost three-fold increase in the number of ...
