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Climate change influenced western heat wave, analysis finds

climate, extreme weather, global warming, heatwave, impacts, NEWS_ARCHIVE, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8 July 8, 2021

A rapid analysis of last week’s record-breaking heat found that it would have been virtually impossible without the influence of human-caused climate change.

North American heatwave broke records – and the climate models

adaptation, climate science, CLIMATE_HOME_RSS, heatwaveBy CCR@IIXXI8 July 7, 2021

Climate scientists were shocked by the recent lethal heatwaves in western Canada and northwestern US, which exceeded all global heating predictions The post North American...

Farmworkers Are on the Frontlines of Climate Change. Can New Laws Protect Them?

AGRICULTURE_MN2, farm labor, farmers, FARMING_MN, heat, Heat_MN, heatwave, policyBy Aliya February 27, 2019

As temperatures heat up, farmworkers face mounting health risks. Some advocates are creating and expanding laws to protect them.

Study sees dramatic rise in heatwave deaths by 2080

ARTICLE_REPORT_HEATWAVE, data, health, heat, heatwave, policyBy CCR@IIXXI8 July 31, 2018

The number of people dying from heatwaves is likely to rise sharply in some regions by 2080 if policymakers fail to take mitigating steps in...

Climate change threatens Midwest infrastructure, report says

extreme weather, heat, heatwave, Illinois_News, infrastructure, rainfallBy Aliya October 10, 2017

The Midwest is safe from hurricanes and drought-driven wildfires. But that does not mean the region and its roads and bridges are free from the...