Six things to know about Asia’s heatwave and the health impacts news.mongabay.com/2026/08/six-…
#Asia #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #health #PublicHealth
SEOUL — A record-breaking heatwave swept through a broad swath of Asia earlier this month, causing deaths and heat-related illnesses.Yenni Kwok (Mongabay Environmental News)
Marine heat waves pose hidden threat to human health, researchers warn phys.org/news/2026-08-marine-p…
#marine #environment #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #health #PublicHealth
The devastating impacts of marine heat waves extend far beyond dying coral reefs and declining fisheries, with new research warning that these extreme ocean-warming events pose a growing threat to human physical and mental health.University of Adelaide (Phys.org)
Marine heatwaves are harming human health in surprising ways sciencedaily.com/releases/2026…
#Marine #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #health #PublicHealth
Marine heatwaves are emerging as a threat not just to coral reefs and fisheries, but to human health and well-being.ScienceDaily
Extreme heat breaks temperature records in central and eastern Europe theguardian.com/world/2026/aug…
#Europe #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave
Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plantsMatthew Taylor (the Guardian)
Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe theguardian.com/environment/20…
#Europe #environment #soil #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #drought #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generationDamian Carrington (the Guardian)
"This is folly on a globally calamitous scale.
(...)
Fossil fuels, which were for long so beneficial to humanity, have to be recognised as poisons.
And petroleum companies must pay for backtracking on their promises and putting shareholder dividends ahead of planetary health and human wellbeing."
theguardian.com/environment/20…
#heat #elnino #heatwave #climatecrisis #climatechange #climatedisasters #makepolluterspay
The scientific consensus is that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet the world’s biggest oil companies are planning to increase productionJonathan Watts (the Guardian)
How can you help wildlife during hot weather? bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c7vyp6lq…
#environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #wildlife
Sophia Herod has some tips for helping animals that might visit your garden or neighbourhood.BBC News
Deaths in France surged 30% during hottest week of record June heatwave theguardian.com/world/2026/jul…
#France #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #june
Public health authority says 2,025 excess deaths probably an underestimate and that it expects toll to rise furtherJon Henley (the Guardian)
Climate grill. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.
honestly i welcome the data center lobby just openly saying climate goals needed to be trashed so the tech industry can build ai — intense heat waves, record forest fires, worsening natural disasters be damned
politico.eu/article/europe-cho…
#tech #ai #datacenters #climate #heatwave
Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.Elena Giordano (POLITICO)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (EcoWatch)
Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot
Prepare for temperatures reaching ‘uncharted territory,’ the World Meteorological Organization warns.
by By Justine Calma, May 17, 2023
"The next five years are almost guaranteed to be sweltering, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned today. Climate change has already raised baseline temperatures for the planet. Now, a weather pattern known as El Niño is going to make things even hotter when it develops later this year."
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ElNino #Heatwave
Read more:
theverge.com/2023/5/17/2372570…
A one-two punch from climate change and a developing El Niño is expected to drive more extreme weather over the next five years, according to the World Meteorological Organization.Justine Calma (The Verge)
