July 25, 2019
Stories tagged "heat"
July 24, 2019
U.S. Soldiers and Minorities Unduly Impacted by Excessive Heat From Climate Change
A new Defense Department report on the security impacts of climate change provides startling evidence of the impacts of climate change on military readiness and the welfare of servicemembers — health impacts from heat have already cost the military as much as...July 18, 2019
Most of U.S. Feeing the Heat; Dangerously Hot Days Are Increasing
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that a “widespread and dangerous heat wave is building in the central and eastern U.S. this weekend – with more than a hundred fifty million people under heat watches and warnings, as the actual air temperature is...March 20, 2019
AP: Record-Breaking Heat Twice As Likely As Record Cold
The Associated Press did a study and found that by the numbers, a record for heat was twice as likely to be broken as a record for cold temperatures in the U.S. between 1920 and 2018. They examined the data from 424 weather stations throughout the U.S. mainland for...March 5, 2019
Australia’s Sizzling Summer of 2019
This summer Australia shattered its heat records, with temperatures nationwide 3.8°F, above the 1961-90 average, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). In a summary put out by the Bureau, they summed it up this way, “Mean and maximum...January 28, 2019
Southeastern Iran In the Grip of Climate Change Is a Dustbowl
Heat, drought, and debilitating dust storms have, according to National Geographic, brought much of southeastern Iran to the brink of being uninhabitable. The temperature in Sistan and Baluchestan province is often above 110 degrees F and it never rains, but the wind...July 11, 2018