[ad_1] Firefighters work on the zone of a forest fire in the hills in Quilpue comune, Valparaiso region, Chile on February 3, 2024. Javier Torres | Afp | Getty Images A quiet revolution is underway to address a widely underestimated climate challenge: extreme heat. Local authorities have appointed several chief heat officers (CHOs) in cities…
[ad_1] Whatever the season, whatever climate we are in, it is essential that we increase our water intake every day to maintain a healthy balance. Being adequately hydrated is crucial to regulate our body temperature, keep our organs and cells functioning properly, protect our immune system, and lubricate our joints. As well as promoting good…
[ad_1] The launch of a climate “loss and damage” fund drew praise and hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges at the UN’s COP28 talks on Thursday but also warnings that much more is needed to help vulnerable nations. “We have delivered history today,” the UAE’s COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber told delegates who stood…
[ad_1] A microbiologist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology prepares a bacterial colony of the strain Streptococcus pyogenes on a blood agar plate. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Already recognized as one of the leading public health threats facing humanity today, it is feared that a warming world is making it harder to…
[ad_1] Cloud Gate, known as The Bean, is seen at AT-and-T Plaza at Millennium Park in Chicago, United States, on October 14, 2022. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images On a recent tour underneath Chicago’s iconic skyline, Alessandro Rotta Loria, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University, pointed out one…
[ad_1] Hurricane Idalia barreled toward southeastern Georgia after hitting Florida’s Gulf Coast with life-threatening storm surges, leaving two dead and hundreds of thousands without power. Idalia made landfall in the morning as a catastrophic category 3 storm at Keaton Beach on the Big Bend coast, less than 90 miles southeast of the state capital of…
[ad_1] Fisherman Haruo Ono’s fishing boats are pictured at Tsurushihama Fishing Port, Shinchi-machi of Fukushima Prefecture, some 60 kms north of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on August 21, 2023. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Japan is expected to start releasing a huge amount of treated radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima…
[ad_1] The planet had its warmest July on record “by a long shot” — and very likely also had its warmest-ever month in 174 years of record-keeping — according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The striking data, presented Monday by scientists from both agencies, indicate that last month smashed Earth’s previous July…
[ad_1] Barrington Sanders, a Miami-Dade Mosquito Control Inspector, sprays a pesticide to kill adult mosquitos on June 29, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images U.S. public health officials say the risk of locally transmitted malaria in the country remains low as seven new cases in Florida and Texas raise questions. The Florida…
[ad_1] Dogs and residents enjoy water at Barton Creek Pool on June 27, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Suzanne Cordeiro | AFP | Getty Images The heat wave in Texas has offered little reprieve. For two straight weeks, high temperatures in Del Rio have exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit each day — rising at its highest to 115…
