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Extreme heat and bushfires bring unique challenges for someone with dementia. Here’s how we can all play a part in helping them stay safe and cool this spring and summer.
New research reveals how trees respond to extreme heat. Most trees lose more water than models predict. Some species cope better than others. Access to water will be critical for the hot summer ahead.
What makes a great climate leader and why are we not seeing more of them? I’ve been searching for good examples of climate leaders. This is the subject of our new documentary, Climate Changers.
There’s nothing normal about the blast furnace heat much of the world has been experiencing, as an atmospheric scientist explains.
Sweating is just one of the body’s many processes that help keep us cool.
New research reveals drowning risk increases during Australian heatwaves, especially severe heatwaves. Here’s who is most at risk and what we can all do to stay safe.
Marine heatwaves aren’t just on the surface. They can be at their most destructive when they sweep along the seafloor.
Many heat-related health problems can be avoided by adopting a healthy, active lifestyle. But the younger generation is less active than previous generations, and therefore more vulnerable.
Thermostats don’t tell the whole truth about heat, particularly in older homes.
Climate change promotes ideal conditions for catastrophic fires, but the most drastic changes can still be avoided.
The bad news: Extreme heat is probably going to stick around for a couple of more years.
Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.
Temperature records are being broken in Africa and around the world.
Europe is gripped by a heatwave called Cerberus - it may be a sign of things to come.
Three economists looked at years of temperature and death data and calculated the costs when forecasts miss the mark.
The 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave outstripped even the most severe climate prections. A new study simulated 45,000 years of weather at Seattle Tacoma airport to try and figure out why.
Tackling poverty can protect people from rising heat extremes in Britain and abroad.
High temperatures are also a cause of illness and death for migrants.
Humans prospered in a stable climate. But conditions are changing. Research out today shows 2 billion people will be pushed out of the habitable zone by 2.7C warming. Why? What does this mean for us?
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford
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Director - Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, University of Arizona
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health and Co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW
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Professor of Heat & Health; Director of Heat & Health Research Incubator; Director of Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, University of Sydney
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Honorary Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Australian National University
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Associate, Institute for Climate Change & Adaptation, University of Nairobi
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Ecology and Associate Director, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University