"Extreme Heat Linked To Rise in US Death Rates: Study"
"Extreme heat events, on the rise due to climate change, are associated with higher overall adult death rates across the U.S., a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 05/20/2022
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"UN Floats Plan To Boost Renewables As Climate Worries Mount"
"The United Nations chief on Wednesday launched a five-point plan to jump-start broader use of renewable energies, hoping to revive world attention on climate change as the U.N.’s weather agency said greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat, sea-level rise, and ocean acidification reached record highs last year."
Source: AP, 05/19/2022
"Climate Change Swells Odds Of Record India, Pakistan Heatwaves"
"Climate change makes record-breaking heatwaves in northwest India and Pakistan 100 times more likely, a Met Office study finds."
Source: BBC News, 05/19/2022
"Poor Workers Bear The Brunt Of India's Heatwave"
"Labourers on construction sites are falling sick due to extreme heat - but when they can't work, they lose income, which makes it hard to afford enough to eat".
Source: Reuters, 05/16/2022
"Coming This Summer: Spiking Electricity Bills Plus Blackouts"
"Electricity prices are rising in much of the country at the same time that climate change is contributing to extreme heat and a high chance of blackouts this summer."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/12/2022
"Extreme Heat Kills At Least 25 In India's Maharashtra State"
"India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past five years, with more fatalities likely elsewhere in a country sweltering in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2022
"Weary Of Many Disasters? UN Says Worse To Come"
"A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world, a United Nations report issued Monday says."
Source: AP, 04/28/2022
"Climate Toll On Arctic Bases: Sunken Runways, Damaged Roads"
"U.S. military bases in the Arctic and sub-Arctic are failing to prepare their installations for long-term climate change as required, even though soaring temperatures and melting ice already are cracking base runways and roads and worsening flood risks up north, the Pentagon’s watchdog office said Friday."
Source: AP, 04/18/2022
Drought, Wildfires Pose New Threats To California Water Supply
"Already diminished by drought and extreme heat, California’s water supply will face yet another peril as wildfires continue to incinerate ever larger areas of forested land, according to new research."
Source: LA Times, 02/22/2022
"Extreme Heat In Oceans ‘Passed Point Of No Return’ In 2014"
"Extreme heat in the world’s oceans passed the “point of no return” in 2014 and has become the new normal, according to research."
Source: Guardian, 02/03/2022
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