Climate
Climate change could double U.S. temperature-linked deaths by mid-century
Each year, roughly 8,000 deaths in the United States are associated with extreme temperatures. And as temperatures rise, this number could swell.
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Each year, roughly 8,000 deaths in the United States are associated with extreme temperatures. And as temperatures rise, this number could swell.
The Earth’s ambipolar electric field is weak but strong enough to control the shape and evolution of the upper atmosphere.
Long-lasting, widespread heat and weather extremes may have caused the Great Dying extinction event 252 million years ago.
Scientists can estimate how much more likely or severe some past natural disasters were due to human-caused climate change. Here's how.
Droughts temporarily dampen the number of valley fever cases across the state, but cases spike in the years after rains return.
The strain imparted by an earthquake can generate voltages in quartz veins that stimulate the mineralization of gold.
The crabs are climate migrants and could be a harbinger of changes to come as more species move in.
Warmer winters are fast becoming a global phenomenon and can affect everything from the food we grow to the spread of diseases.
A phenomenon occurring deep underground may explain how vast plateaus form far away from tectonic plate boundaries.
Extreme Climate Update looks at the perfect storm climate change is creating for mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, like dengue and West Nile.
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