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As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers
“This is definitely a case of environmental injustice,” she said. “If they had access to capital, to land, to nondiscriminatory […]
Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution
The research doesn’t look at how much time the mother was spending outside, if she wore an N95 mask or […]
Tracking extreme heat by the hour makes climate change seem even worse
The trend is worst in the tropics, even though overall warming is stronger at higher latitudes. The researchers say this […]
Mount Toba eruption doesn’t seem like it could nearly kill our species
The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact. A lake now fills the caldera that was emptied […]
As mosquito ranges expand, better monitoring is key to preventing disease
Monitoring programs are typically labor-intensive and expensive, requiring teams to set and check traps, alongside specialists who can identify, sort, […]
Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada
Skip to content Peering through the smoke The FireSat program can spot wildfires that other satellites miss. Three of the […]
The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science
New report says our ability to tie weather damages to climate change is improving. Climate change is being driven largely […]
Florida bans local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals
A new state law limits Florida communities’ aims to offset greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the global climate and […]
Feedbacks upon feedbacks: Rock weathering and the climate
“Lo and behold, we end up finding that we can explain this apparent discrepancy,” said Hilton. In other words, weathering […]