How extreme temperatures strain minds and bodies: a Karachi case study
Sleeplessness, anxiety and invisible care work show why extreme heat is a public-health emergency.
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Why coping with heavy rain in Scotland’s whisky country shows how to save water for the summer
Capturing floodwater in the winter could help avoid summer droughts, research suggests.
To clean up England’s rivers we need to know how much sewage is dumped – but water firms won’t tell us
Thames Water has mapped its discharges in near real time. But we still need data on the volume of sewage dumped in rivers.
What the great work from home experiment has taught us about the way we work
A transcript of episode 8 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including new research on why people react to cold temperatures differently.
Lead Children: new Netflix series reminds us that lead poisoning is still a global health problem
Exposure to lead remains one of the leading environmental risk factors for early death and poor health globally.
Here’s how much water it takes to make a serving of beef – and why where it comes from is so important
Climate change threatens longer and more severe droughts. What will it mean for our diets?
Inequality is being built into cities: segregated playgrounds are just the start
Segregation is not just a problem in London – it’s happening in cities all over the world.
High levels of cancer‑causing arsenic in rice – so why isn’t it regulated in our food?
There are two sides to rice: the grain that feeds half the world – and the primary carcinogenic source of inorganic arsenic in our diet. Arsenic is a natural occurring element that is ubiquitous in the…
Life expectancy in Britain has fallen so much that a million years of life could disappear by 2058 – why?
Life expectancy has been steadily improving in the UK for 110 years. Until now.
What contaminants lurk in the UK’s drinking water? An expert explains
High levels of lead were unexpectedly found in 14 UK schools’ drinking water: so how much do we really know about what’s in our pipes?
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