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How Glacier Algae Are Challenging The Way We Think About Evolution
IFLScience· 15 hours agoWith a team of scientists from the UK and Canada, we traced the evolution of purple algae back...
Cloud geoengineering could push heatwaves from US to Europe
New Scientist· 3 days agoThere is growing interest in alleviating the severe impacts of global warming by using various...
Heat waves have killed thousands this year. Experts say the worst could be yet to come
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"I am 100% certain that worsening heat waves across Earth are due to global heating caused primarily...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 5 days agoClimate Reanalyzer’s preliminary record for the hottest day is based on data that only dates back to 1979, when satellite monitoring records began. “NCEP has placed Earth’ ...
Heat wave gives Maine a sneak peek at summers of the future
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJun. 22—Maine summers are indeed getting hotter. And the state, which has more experience dealing with extreme cold than extreme heat, finds itself unprepared. Portland summers are 2.4 degrees ...
These 7 Houseplants Can Help Cool Your Home During a Heatwave
CNET· 2 days agoPlants actually cool the air in your home through a process called transpiration, according to plant...
The Eternal Pull of the Fascinating, Deadly Volcano
New York Times· 5 days agoIn “Adventures in Volcanoland,” the geologist Tamsin Mather takes us on a global and historical investigation of her life’s passion. Carl Zimmer writes...
Why this week’s heat wave could be next summer’s normal
WJZY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe most recent El Niño, a climate phenomenon that causes unusually warm surface temperatures in the...
Deadly heat waves sweep Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and Mediterranean
Axios· 7 days agoAs the U.S. faces another potentially record heat wave this week, the Middle East and Europe's...
Dirty Air Kills 8.1 Million in a Year, Kids at Greatest Risk
Environment News Service· 4 days agoThe report warned today that air pollution accounted for 8.1 million deaths globally in 2021, and unclean air is now the second leading global risk factor ...