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New tools from NOAA and CDC show people their risk from heat as another hot summer looms
NBC Universal via AOL· 12 hours agoThe idea is to give people more context to supplement the heat watches and warnings that the agency...
How hot is too hot? New weather forecasting tool can help figure that out
NPR· 8 hours agoIt was conceptualized a decade ago after some local weather bureaus in the western U.S. realized...
Climate change supercharged a heat dome, intensifying 2021 fire season, study finds
Los Angeles Times· 23 hours agoWildfires charred more than 18.5 million acres across the continent, with the most land burned in...
In scramble to protect workers against heat, California officials exclude prisons from new rules
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWith summer approaching, California is trying again to protect workers from heat, after an effort to...
New color-coded heat risk tool adds a level higher than red
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 4 hours agoA new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous...
Neither Plants nor Animals, These Ocean Organisms Protect Their Ecosystems against Heat Waves
Scientific American· 6 days agoMany species were devastated by ocean temperatures up to 2.4 degrees Celsius (4.3 degrees...
Europe is the fastest-warming continent, at nearly twice the average global rate, report says
The Times and Democrat· 14 hours agoEurope is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global...
Florida baffles experts by banning local water break rules as deadly heat is on the rise
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCalifornia requires employers to provide water and shade to employees above 80 degrees Fahrenheit...
CDC launches heat map tool as SF weather warms
The San Francisco Examiner· 9 hours agoThe tool comes on the heels of scientists at Berkeley Earth, a science nonprofit, reporting that March 2024 was the warmest on record since 1850, though...
Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks?
Las Vegas Sun· 2 days agoLivengood is experiencing homelessness while living through a record breaking heat wave. WASHINGTON...
