Extreme heat

Extreme heat is pushing global agrifood systems to the edge, endangering the livelihoods and health of over a billion people, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has…
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Wildfires raging across Chile have killed at least 19 people, authorities said on Monday, as the government ordered mass evacuations and firefighters battled nearly two dozen blazes fuelled by extreme heat and strong winds. While cooler…
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UN, United States: Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year — or more — than their grandparents did, the UN said Tuesday, warning of deadly consequences. As climate change continues to push up…
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Hena Khan, a grade nine student in Dhaka, has struggled to focus on her studies this week as temperatures surpassed 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Bangladesh capital. “There is no real education in schools in this…
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Millions suffered through intense heat on Wednesday as fires raged, health worries mounted and the world appeared headed for its hottest month of July on record. As temperature records tumbled on three continents, experts pointed the…
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Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun’s searing rays in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter…
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Climate change has made the record breaking heat waves in India and Pakistan over 100 times more likely, and also increased the chances that such events will occur more frequently in the future, according to a study by the UK Met Office.…
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On the precipice of another punishing heatwave spell, Delhi is predicted to see a jump of two to three degrees Celsius in the maximum temperature today. The Safdarjung Observatory - Delhi's base weather station - had recorded a maximum…
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Steven Pressfield's 2019 book, "36 Righteous Men," imagined a world where temperatures have risen so high commercial airlines in the Middle East have trouble flying. Neal Stephenson's popular new climate change thriller, "Termination…
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