Some industrial facilities like oil refineries and chemical plants emit toxic air pollution. Congress has voted to roll back rules that tightly limited that pollution. Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF hide caption toggle caption Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF Congress […]
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Older people in Los Angeles’ Chinatown neighborhood shade themselves from the sun. Exposure to heat can change the way people’s genes work, potentially leading to long-term health impacts. Climate change is making heat waves more intense and last longer in
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A hurricane specialist looks at a satellite image of Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 season. The National Hurricane Center provides forecasts of major storms, many of which make landfall in the U.S.. The Center is part of
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People protect themselves from the sun during a heat wave in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2024. Temperatures topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit across many parts of the country during the heat wave. A new study finds that young people are disproportionately at
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A nurse takes care of a patient at a hospital near Lima, Peru. The country experienced an outbreak of dengue fever in 2024 — a pattern that was replicated in many countries around the world. A new study suggests climate
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An iceberg floats off the coast of Illulisat, Greenland. Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting rapidly, and the risks of drastic melting increase as the Earth heats up. The melting of Greenland’s ice sheet is the second-largest contributor
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Los Angeles County has reported eight cases of locally acquired dengue fever in the past few months; the first ever occurred last year. Climate change probably played a role. Source link Alejandra Borunda
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Flood waters inundated the main street in Tarpon Springs, Florida after Hurricane Helene passed offshore. A new study finds that Helene was more powerful, rainier, and significantly more likely because of climate change. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption
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BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 27: A group of friends canoed the South Fork New River in Boone, North Carolina, looking at the destructions from Hurricane Helene. The death toll from the storm is already over 100 people, but the
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Rain inundated Central and Eastern Europe in early September, causing massive flooding, including in the town of Nysa, southwestern Poland. A new study finds that human-caused climate change roughly doubled the likelihood of that intense rainfall. Maciej Krysinski/KG PSP/State Fire
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